The envelope
Written in heavy hand
As if pressing steel
Or stamping land
Letters printed
With force of day
Inside the message
Youve gone away.
The postman moves on
To another home
Not realising
Delivered to the bone
A cutting deep
Merciless knife
That in a moment
Changed a life.
In the hallway
Frozen time
Half way house tears
That were mine
Letter in hand
A cruel blow
I never knew
What you did know.
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Author:
nephilim56 ( Norman Dickson) (
Online) - Published: May 19th, 2025 02:17
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Comments2
Mysteries in a letter well written in great rhyme and good meter with a nice flow leaves the reader wondering and guessing what the message was. Death, rejection what does (You've gone away) mean? Then the issue of one knowing and another not. A wonderful poem of intrigue unanswered.
rejection by letter, a cowards way. thanking you
Makes me think about the saying: "don't shoot the messenger" in many ways the postman in like the Grim Reaper with postal stamp sickle. Pardon the tangent.🙏🏻🕊️
the poor messenger, thanks for comments
Most welcome, friend🙏🏻🕊️
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