The Letter K
I opened It
with suspected
Reservation...
the Envelop,
handmade
Tear here,
it said,
and I let
One slip
and bleed
through the Ink
I feel what was
Inside
all this Time
but we know
how it is...
There are things
we set aside
or let Lie
and on return
there's some Twist
our Memory had
or hadn't missed
It was like that
now in my
leathered Liver
spotted grasp...
I broke the Seal
placed long ago
I remember that
Stranger's face
better than
mine own
today...
would I blush
or be Forgiving
would I stop
half way ..?
or get on
with it...
I skimmed
the parts that
were too
densely
True
I rang
the cream
through
Cheesecloth
since as we know
what isn't Good
now is more oft
Bettered with
age
and I saved bits
for later...
I laughed a lot
I was a Child
I was... Ok
down to the
very Pompous
Signature
that Hung
with such
Hopes...
for myself
One Day.
~K