All You Need to Know

I wrote you a letter
On the prettiest paper I could find,
But the wind blew it out of my hands
And it landed at someone else’s feet.

The letter spoke of feelings so real,
So true,
So powerful.

But that person
Just tore up the letter
And burnt it in the fireplace.

My letter,
My emotion filled letter to you,
Was gone forever
And you'll never get to read it.

But all you need to know
Is the main line which read:
"I hate you
And all you did to me".

All you need to know
Is that when that letter was burnt
All memories of you were taken along with it.

All you need to know
Is that I love my life without you
And this is my final goodbye.

Copyright©JosieWentzel06May2007

 

 

Reviews

[Edward Clay]

the first stanza was great. a true sense of accident, fate possibly working in its way, and then the bitterness of realisation for the next couple. but then it becomes clearer as it goes on. the story unwinds, progressing like the spiralling helicopter leaves of a broken tree.

this gave me a few images - firstly, the fact that this hate filled letter made it to someone else possibly represents that a mistake was made - that the letter was trying not to be read. but then it also implies how it was intending to be destroyed, to clear the air. i like how these multiple images are created, and to me, that represents a fine poem.