I received a letter, once
Pretended it was from you
Vowed to never open
Tucked away in a drawer
Filled with all the other
False-hopes I visit
Often, as the days wane
Though I’ve never
Known your lips
I can still taste
The goodbye
On your breath
That was enough for me
The fantasy of a real-life
Filled with the hunger
Of somedays and maybe
The belief that even you
Have a drawer, a box
Filled with letters
Never sent
The Stories In Between 
Wonderful!
I
can still taste
The
goodbye
On
your breath
You’ve done it again…
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Thank you!
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Beautifully penned ❤
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Thank you very much, Penny.
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Gr8..
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Thanks, Diana.
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Beautiful❤
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Thank you.
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Beautifully reflective. ❤️
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Thank you very much.
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Beautiful
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Thank you!
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So often I can see a film or a novel in your poems, River, and this one is no exception. Your work is imbued with a poignant emotion, and a sprinkling of magic. These are feelings so many people can identify with, and you capture them beautifully, but with a lightness of touch. Superb – as always.
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Thank you, Alli.
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Wow! Such a deep feeling from this. You amaze, River.
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Thank you, Rita.
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My pleasure.
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This is so beautiful 🌺
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Thank you.
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You are welcome 🌷
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I particularly liked the last lines.
How nostalgically depressing.
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Thanks.
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Evocative – I love the goodbye on your breath – some people you only realise later – that is what that taste was.
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Exactly. Thank you so much for reading.
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Thanks for sharing – I love your poetry.
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Love “I can still taste the goodbye on your breath.” A stroke of genius!
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Thank you very much.
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Beautifully expressed…
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Thank you, Ally.
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My pleasure, River. 🙂
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Wonderful
❣❣❣
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Thank you!
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Happy thanksgiving.
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Thank you, Laleh. Happy Thanksgiving to you too.
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🌹❤️🌷
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This one is superb River! Lots of emotion tied into it.
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Thank you, Leigha. I hope you are doing well.
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You’re welcome. I’m doing fairly well. How about you? Did you have a good Thanksgiving?
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Yeah, it was good. Thanks for asking.
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Wow! This was such a wonderful and pensive masterpiece, River!!! Your words so perfectly captured the feelings!! Bravo, My Friend!!!
😊✨✨👍
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Thank you! I greatly appreciate you reading.
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Reblogged this on The Reluctant Poet.
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This is a superb poem which eloquently captures all those hopes that we keep locked away for fear of them hurting us. And yet perhaps facing these truths is ultimately more rewarding…
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Thank you very much, Chris.
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River this is another beautifully written pieces. The Letters remain unsent with many words unspoken. Words hidden in a box 📦. A heart Hidden.
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Like so many. Thank you, Yonnie.
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Indeed. You are quite welcome, River.
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“The belief that even you
Have a drawer, a box
Filled with letters
Never sent”
I find this line very powerful and resonating. Thank you for articulating this well.
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Thank you so much for reading!
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River,
These lines, “I can still taste
The goodbye
On your breath”
Nicely done.
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Thank you!
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You never know River. There’s always someone in the world who loves you even though you aren’t aware of it. This is a wonderful poem. Btw did you change your theme. I use the WP app sometimes and all the letters are jumbled together. It’s fine on the computer though. I had this problem and it took me some time before I could find the right theme that displays things correctly both on the app and the computer.
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Thanks, Nitin. I been using the same theme for probably a year now. That’s strange though, I just checked the post on my phone and it looked fine. That’s bothersome that some people may be seeing it jumbled. Thanks for letting me know, I’ll look into it.
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Wow.
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Thanks for reading.
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I recently came across a stash of unsent letters…why, why, why, did I not send them then? Because some one needs them now!
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It’s never too late. Or so they say . . .
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I shall simmer on this. It might be true!
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good write bro
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Thank you.
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