A Letter I Never Sent

I wrote your name

on a piece of paper

then folded it

and put it away

There were so many words

I wanted to tell you

but somehow

they never found their way

Some things stay silent

not because they don't matter

but because they matter

too much

This is a letter I never sent

a story I never told

all the words I kept inside

all the feelings I couldn't hold

This is a letter I never sent

but maybe you will know

somewhere between the lines

I was trying to let you go

Years have passed

and seasons changed I don't remember everything

but I remember your name

The paper is older the ink has faded

but some things

never disappear

Maybe goodbye

is not a moment

maybe it's something

we learn slowly

This is a letter I never sent

still waiting in my hands

a little piece of yesterday

trying to understand (hummmm)