Write a letter to them you will not send.
15 responses
Words flow out of me like water
Yet will never be said
Words of the past haunt me
Carrying life within each word
But they will never be sent
My words rest within
Struggling inside my mind
Sometimes they never leave my lips
As the crumble inside my heart to find
a resting place
To nestle deep within to hide within
the layers of my heart.
kindly atlas
5d ago
May 31, 2026 at 6:46 AM UTC
every poem I write
is honouring your steps
my words mirror the posture
of your absence
you taught my bones
the alphabet of time
my window of time reflects
the shape of your shoulders
you left me your land
and a silver spoon
to catch the light
I want to thank you
from my heart
humble river
6d ago
May 30, 2026 at 4:43 PM UTC
i think this might not reach
the way it has happened before
the little bird returns halfway,
claiming hunger and thirst
and i see the letter that got lost
simple words
an apology that couldn't make do
a thank you for the memories,
and a picture wanting to be filled by the other,
asking, how are you?
i miss things
words exchanged
nights spent chatting
and i miss the things
that could have taken place
the scenarios,
shots,
and more timelines entangled than the existing
yet
just a yet
weathered badger
6d ago
May 30, 2026 at 11:08 AM UTC
Hey I can't find the words
except for i love you
I always will but we will never be together
it's the way of the world
fate is friendzoning us
that is all I can say
hollow field
6d ago
May 29, 2026 at 9:51 PM UTC
Dear,
I love you
I love you so deeply and desperately
that
I don't know what I'll do without
You
who are my friend
my comfort
my warmth
You
who know not what you do to me
I only want you to know
I love you
Though you will never
love
me
the
same
tender ivy
6d ago
May 29, 2026 at 9:25 PM UTC
I'm sorry it was me.
It was my voice you heard
I'm sorry it was me
who made the choice,
I know it's not what you deserved.
We spent so long building,
loving
trusting .
so long that I forgot what it was like before.
before you
before us
before everything that I chose to throw away.
I'm sorry that our dreams will never come true.
I'm sorry for me and you,
because we are something that I wanted to see through
all the way
just to spite what they say.
but now we hold onto memories,
I'm sorry.
dusky fox
6d ago
May 29, 2026 at 5:38 PM UTC
I don't know how to begin this. You are not here
I think you know I am struggling
and feeling like I am failing. What's worse is feeling like I am failing you.
The things you left in my care
have fallen into disrepair, and I don't know how to fix them. Maybe I am not supposed to.
small lark
7d ago
May 29, 2026 at 2:08 PM UTC
Dear you,
Who were you?
Now I'll never know
I will never meet you
Because of what you chose
I can know you in my darkness
And in my wasted nights
I can see you in my
Father because he used to drink to die
My brother has your name
And my cousin has your eyes
But whatever your reasons
I wish you had survived
steady creek
7d ago
May 29, 2026 at 12:12 PM UTC
I was in love with you when I met you, snowsled girl. It took me far too long to realise, and once I did, you were gone. I
gentle cloud
7d ago
May 29, 2026 at 12:12 PM UTC
i have so much to say to you but as i put word to paper... it is so hard to form a coherent sentence.
but that is always the way it has been... since i was young. your big, billowing body, dwarfing mine, stealing my breath... silencing my voice
blue marsh
7d ago
May 29, 2026 at 10:19 AM UTC
I wish you held on longer
i wish you didnt take the easy route out
i wish you could have seen that there really is light at the end of the tunnel
i hated you every single day
i hated what you did to me
you didnt just leave
the trauma i still live with today
the blood, the smell, the heat fading away from your body
why
you didnt have to go
you could have chosen another way
but its too late for what ifs
im just angry
because you didnt have to take me with you... and still leave me breathing...
windswept window
7d ago
May 29, 2026 at 4:03 AM UTC
Dear wife
Now you have gone to our Lord
I keep finding words
with your shape in them.
I tell you small things:
the weather,
the way I’ve changed,
the way I haven’t.
I fold the page,
knowing it will never travel,
yet feeling it arrive
somewhere in me
that still listens.
wide window
7d ago
May 29, 2026 at 1:30 AM UTC
I just hope you know
I’m proud of you, dear.
Not only for what you’ve done
though that is worth
our little celebration
but because you have lived
and learned,
and never let past mistakes
define who you are.
And you are my child.
Nothing will ever change that,
not even death.
You still have me
in your corner.
You will live,
you will learn,
you will find your way.
Even if you cannot see me
or feel me,
I send my prayers to you
with every breath I take.
hushed kettle
7d ago
May 28, 2026 at 10:55 PM UTC
Dear _,
You ruined me. But i forgive you. Because i need you to ruin me, instead hurt me please- do something offensive to me so that I can die and u wont care. Please, heal already so that I can peacefully go away with no obligation to look out for you, so that I can be vulnerable, so that I can tell you that I burn myself too. Tell you that my life is getting out of control and I need your help. Its me, whose poems you heart and repost- when will you remember me?
amber hollow
7d ago
May 28, 2026 at 9:11 PM UTC
young man of promise
you'd say all proud
self-aware and talented
yet the only feng shui
ever practised was on my doodle
drifting hearth
7d ago
May 28, 2026 at 9:03 PM UTC
Words flow out of me like water
Yet will never be said
Words of the past haunt me
Carrying life within each word
But they will never be sent
My words rest within
Struggling inside my mind
Sometimes they never leave my lips
As the crumble inside my heart to find
a resting place
To nestle deep within to hide within
the layers of my heart.
kindly atlas
5d ago
May 31, 2026 at 6:46 AM UTC
i think this might not reach
the way it has happened before
the little bird returns halfway,
claiming hunger and thirst
and i see the letter that got lost
simple words
an apology that couldn't make do
a thank you for the memories,
and a picture wanting to be filled by the other,
asking, how are you?
i miss things
words exchanged
nights spent chatting
and i miss the things
that could have taken place
the scenarios,
shots,
and more timelines entangled than the existing
yet
just a yet
weathered badger
6d ago
May 30, 2026 at 11:08 AM UTC
Dear,
I love you
I love you so deeply and desperately
that
I don't know what I'll do without
You
who are my friend
my comfort
my warmth
You
who know not what you do to me
I only want you to know
I love you
Though you will never
love
me
the
same
tender ivy
6d ago
May 29, 2026 at 9:25 PM UTC
I don't know how to begin this. You are not here
I think you know I am struggling
and feeling like I am failing. What's worse is feeling like I am failing you.
The things you left in my care
have fallen into disrepair, and I don't know how to fix them. Maybe I am not supposed to.
small lark
7d ago
May 29, 2026 at 2:08 PM UTC
I was in love with you when I met you, snowsled girl. It took me far too long to realise, and once I did, you were gone. I
gentle cloud
7d ago
May 29, 2026 at 12:12 PM UTC
I wish you held on longer
i wish you didnt take the easy route out
i wish you could have seen that there really is light at the end of the tunnel
i hated you every single day
i hated what you did to me
you didnt just leave
the trauma i still live with today
the blood, the smell, the heat fading away from your body
why
you didnt have to go
you could have chosen another way
but its too late for what ifs
im just angry
because you didnt have to take me with you... and still leave me breathing...
windswept window
7d ago
May 29, 2026 at 4:03 AM UTC
I just hope you know
I’m proud of you, dear.
Not only for what you’ve done
though that is worth
our little celebration
but because you have lived
and learned,
and never let past mistakes
define who you are.
And you are my child.
Nothing will ever change that,
not even death.
You still have me
in your corner.
You will live,
you will learn,
you will find your way.
Even if you cannot see me
or feel me,
I send my prayers to you
with every breath I take.
hushed kettle
7d ago
May 28, 2026 at 10:55 PM UTC
young man of promise
you'd say all proud
self-aware and talented
yet the only feng shui
ever practised was on my doodle
drifting hearth
7d ago
May 28, 2026 at 9:03 PM UTC
every poem I write
is honouring your steps
my words mirror the posture
of your absence
you taught my bones
the alphabet of time
my window of time reflects
the shape of your shoulders
you left me your land
and a silver spoon
to catch the light
I want to thank you
from my heart
humble river
6d ago
May 30, 2026 at 4:43 PM UTC
Hey I can't find the words
except for i love you
I always will but we will never be together
it's the way of the world
fate is friendzoning us
that is all I can say
hollow field
6d ago
May 29, 2026 at 9:51 PM UTC
I'm sorry it was me.
It was my voice you heard
I'm sorry it was me
who made the choice,
I know it's not what you deserved.
We spent so long building,
loving
trusting .
so long that I forgot what it was like before.
before you
before us
before everything that I chose to throw away.
I'm sorry that our dreams will never come true.
I'm sorry for me and you,
because we are something that I wanted to see through
all the way
just to spite what they say.
but now we hold onto memories,
I'm sorry.
dusky fox
6d ago
May 29, 2026 at 5:38 PM UTC
Dear you,
Who were you?
Now I'll never know
I will never meet you
Because of what you chose
I can know you in my darkness
And in my wasted nights
I can see you in my
Father because he used to drink to die
My brother has your name
And my cousin has your eyes
But whatever your reasons
I wish you had survived
steady creek
7d ago
May 29, 2026 at 12:12 PM UTC
i have so much to say to you but as i put word to paper... it is so hard to form a coherent sentence.
but that is always the way it has been... since i was young. your big, billowing body, dwarfing mine, stealing my breath... silencing my voice
blue marsh
7d ago
May 29, 2026 at 10:19 AM UTC
Dear wife
Now you have gone to our Lord
I keep finding words
with your shape in them.
I tell you small things:
the weather,
the way I’ve changed,
the way I haven’t.
I fold the page,
knowing it will never travel,
yet feeling it arrive
somewhere in me
that still listens.
wide window
7d ago
May 29, 2026 at 1:30 AM UTC
Dear _,
You ruined me. But i forgive you. Because i need you to ruin me, instead hurt me please- do something offensive to me so that I can die and u wont care. Please, heal already so that I can peacefully go away with no obligation to look out for you, so that I can be vulnerable, so that I can tell you that I burn myself too. Tell you that my life is getting out of control and I need your help. Its me, whose poems you heart and repost- when will you remember me?
amber hollow
7d ago
May 28, 2026 at 9:11 PM UTC
Words flow out of me like water
Yet will never be said
Words of the past haunt me
Carrying life within each word
But they will never be sent
My words rest within
Struggling inside my mind
Sometimes they never leave my lips
As the crumble inside my heart to find
a resting place
To nestle deep within to hide within
the layers of my heart.
kindly atlas
5d ago
May 31, 2026 at 6:46 AM UTC
Hey I can't find the words
except for i love you
I always will but we will never be together
it's the way of the world
fate is friendzoning us
that is all I can say
hollow field
6d ago
May 29, 2026 at 9:51 PM UTC
I don't know how to begin this. You are not here
I think you know I am struggling
and feeling like I am failing. What's worse is feeling like I am failing you.
The things you left in my care
have fallen into disrepair, and I don't know how to fix them. Maybe I am not supposed to.
small lark
7d ago
May 29, 2026 at 2:08 PM UTC
i have so much to say to you but as i put word to paper... it is so hard to form a coherent sentence.
but that is always the way it has been... since i was young. your big, billowing body, dwarfing mine, stealing my breath... silencing my voice
blue marsh
7d ago
May 29, 2026 at 10:19 AM UTC
I just hope you know
I’m proud of you, dear.
Not only for what you’ve done
though that is worth
our little celebration
but because you have lived
and learned,
and never let past mistakes
define who you are.
And you are my child.
Nothing will ever change that,
not even death.
You still have me
in your corner.
You will live,
you will learn,
you will find your way.
Even if you cannot see me
or feel me,
I send my prayers to you
with every breath I take.
hushed kettle
7d ago
May 28, 2026 at 10:55 PM UTC
every poem I write
is honouring your steps
my words mirror the posture
of your absence
you taught my bones
the alphabet of time
my window of time reflects
the shape of your shoulders
you left me your land
and a silver spoon
to catch the light
I want to thank you
from my heart
humble river
6d ago
May 30, 2026 at 4:43 PM UTC
Dear,
I love you
I love you so deeply and desperately
that
I don't know what I'll do without
You
who are my friend
my comfort
my warmth
You
who know not what you do to me
I only want you to know
I love you
Though you will never
love
me
the
same
tender ivy
6d ago
May 29, 2026 at 9:25 PM UTC
Dear you,
Who were you?
Now I'll never know
I will never meet you
Because of what you chose
I can know you in my darkness
And in my wasted nights
I can see you in my
Father because he used to drink to die
My brother has your name
And my cousin has your eyes
But whatever your reasons
I wish you had survived
steady creek
7d ago
May 29, 2026 at 12:12 PM UTC
I wish you held on longer
i wish you didnt take the easy route out
i wish you could have seen that there really is light at the end of the tunnel
i hated you every single day
i hated what you did to me
you didnt just leave
the trauma i still live with today
the blood, the smell, the heat fading away from your body
why
you didnt have to go
you could have chosen another way
but its too late for what ifs
im just angry
because you didnt have to take me with you... and still leave me breathing...
windswept window
7d ago
May 29, 2026 at 4:03 AM UTC
Dear _,
You ruined me. But i forgive you. Because i need you to ruin me, instead hurt me please- do something offensive to me so that I can die and u wont care. Please, heal already so that I can peacefully go away with no obligation to look out for you, so that I can be vulnerable, so that I can tell you that I burn myself too. Tell you that my life is getting out of control and I need your help. Its me, whose poems you heart and repost- when will you remember me?
amber hollow
7d ago
May 28, 2026 at 9:11 PM UTC
i think this might not reach
the way it has happened before
the little bird returns halfway,
claiming hunger and thirst
and i see the letter that got lost
simple words
an apology that couldn't make do
a thank you for the memories,
and a picture wanting to be filled by the other,
asking, how are you?
i miss things
words exchanged
nights spent chatting
and i miss the things
that could have taken place
the scenarios,
shots,
and more timelines entangled than the existing
yet
just a yet
weathered badger
6d ago
May 30, 2026 at 11:08 AM UTC
I'm sorry it was me.
It was my voice you heard
I'm sorry it was me
who made the choice,
I know it's not what you deserved.
We spent so long building,
loving
trusting .
so long that I forgot what it was like before.
before you
before us
before everything that I chose to throw away.
I'm sorry that our dreams will never come true.
I'm sorry for me and you,
because we are something that I wanted to see through
all the way
just to spite what they say.
but now we hold onto memories,
I'm sorry.
dusky fox
6d ago
May 29, 2026 at 5:38 PM UTC
I was in love with you when I met you, snowsled girl. It took me far too long to realise, and once I did, you were gone. I
gentle cloud
7d ago
May 29, 2026 at 12:12 PM UTC
Dear wife
Now you have gone to our Lord
I keep finding words
with your shape in them.
I tell you small things:
the weather,
the way I’ve changed,
the way I haven’t.
I fold the page,
knowing it will never travel,
yet feeling it arrive
somewhere in me
that still listens.
wide window
7d ago
May 29, 2026 at 1:30 AM UTC
young man of promise
you'd say all proud
self-aware and talented
yet the only feng shui
ever practised was on my doodle
drifting hearth
7d ago
May 28, 2026 at 9:03 PM UTC