Who swung on swings with you?

Yours truly

Who talked to you all night?

Yours truly

Who went to parks with you?

Yours truly

Who held you as you cried?

Yours truly

Who walked you home last Monday?

Who killed you in your sleep?

It wasn't me.

Good morning, darling! Have you slept well?

-yours truly

I couldn't help but notice that my letters are piling up in your mailbox. It's rude to not check your mail, darling.

-yours truly

It was an accident, darling. No need to be so angry... that knife was just a bit sharper than I thought.

-yours truly

Does the carpet still still smell of blood? I tried to clean it up, you know. I've never been particularly good at cleaning.

-yours truly

Try as I might I can't feel too bad about the whole thing. You replaced me awfully quickly with those men in black uniforms, badges glittering. You've always had a thing for a man in uniform, haven't you?

-yours truly

That doesn't bother me, though. What really hurts is that you didn't invite me to your wedding. That's where you were going, right? Wrapped in that white sheet, crimson droplets blooming from your chest. If you had just told me I would have brought nicer flowers.

-yours truly

How could you move on without me? How could you be so cruel?

-yours truly

Goodbye, darling.

There is nothing left for me here.

-yours truly

I remember when I first saw her, I felt this new energy, but I didn't know how to tell her, so I left secret notes in her locker each day, all signed with 'Yours Truly.'

I would jot them down as soon as the idea came to mind:

'I would hum to myself bluely,

Until I met you,

Signed, Yours truly.'

'I thought my heart belonged to Julie,

But I now know it belongs to you,

Signed, Yours truly.'

'Others speak of me untruly,

But you don't - thank you,

Signed, Yours truly.'

'I have a newly

found affection for you,

Signed, Yours truly.'

'You spoke beautifully

in class today,

Signed, Yours truly.'

'You're absolutely amazing,

Signed, Yours truly.'

'I feel for you genuinely,

Signed, Yours truly.'

'I really

Like you,

Signed-'

Peaking over my shoulder, a female voice murmured, ''It's you... yours truly...''

I turned to her, and smiled awkwardly, ''Yours truly.''

10.6.2020

I don't wanna hear that "where were you when I was-" I was behind you

telling you to stop, telling you it was time to go, and who else stayed behind

with you besides yours truly?

I only ever lied to you to protect you, because I couldn't trust any of your other- new-

friends to be honest with you, and then you sought their manipulative opinions

and traded in yours truly.

If I am not important outside of your emergencies, don't call me when you're drunk, don't call me when you're high, don't call me when you're in trouble, don't call me your friend because I am not yours, truly.

Don't accuse me of being bitter and unwelcoming when you used me, didn't get what you wanted, and then tried to get everyone else to pin it on me when you knew

those faults were yours, truly.

How else could you expect it to come back after

every wave if it was never yours, truly?

I adore the way you leave the filhy dishes on the table for me to clean, love yours truly.

I adore the way you hoggishly snore at night, leaving me with nothing to give the next day, love yours truly.

I adore the way you judge every outfit I wear, love yours truly.

I adore the way you look at me with great displeasure every night before bed, love your truly.

I adore the way you never text me when you're going to be home late, love yours truly.

I adore the way you often compare me to the hippos in the zoo enclosure, love yours truly.

I adore the way you endlessly talk about me with your stoner friends, love yours truly.

I adore the way you dismiss my opinions, each and every time, love yours truly.

I adore the way you sneer at the way I fold your stupid laundry, love yours truly.

I adore the way you're probably feeling right now, while I'm flying to Chicago to start a better life without you, leaving you alone with your own sad, miserable and bitter self...

-Love Yours Truly.

As the sun crept through our slightly parted curtains, resting its oddly shaped golden, orange fingers on your face. I woke and made you breakfast, neatly set it in a tray that I place gently next to you. A note tucked neatly next to your head, that held deep passionate words signed:

Yours truly

After a long day at work, I stood preparing all your favourites for dinner. All by;

Yours truly

When you ran a fever or had a bad day. I ran you a warm bath, massaged your feet and kissed you gently. All this let you know I was:

Yours truly

Then oneday I returned home to find fully packed bags waiting at the door. I watched you walk towards me. Your perfume lingering in the air. Your lips stretched in a fine line. Not a word. No emotion. Just a blank face. You handed me letter before disappearing beyound the door, and out of my life. The words of the letter saying so little yet so much. “I’m leavening” I could not understand how my love for you could be returned with such cruelty. And to top it off you signed it :

Yours truly