Letters Never Sent
a grey Thursday, late afternoon
the ones I kept
To the house on Maple St.
October 3rd
The porch light is still the same colour…
To a friend I lost touch with
September 19th● sealed
I still laugh at the joke you told…
To my younger self
September 2nd
You worried about the wrong things…
To the rain
August 28th
Thank you for the excuse to stay in…
To the house on Maple St.,

I drove past the old house today.

The porch light is still the same colour — that warm, tired amber I used to read by. Someone planted marigolds where the bicycles used to fall over.

I didn't stop. I just slowed down enough to remember, then kept going.

— always, but never out loud
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written to be kept, not delivered
outside the window
🌧Steady rain · 11°
good weather for staying in
ink remaining60%
it will never be sent —
only set down gently