Saturday, November 23, 2019

LOVE LETTER - by Raquel - Dieguez






LOVE   LETTER

by Raquel - Dieguez, Brazil




They are

only forgotten words
of a foreign language
on a tissue-like paper,
Written and addressed to you.


Only those very words
(in ink that’s white)
would tell you my feelings,
Written with shut eyes


They could not return to sender
Because my name would be missing
They need not return to sender
Because I’d be right there with you


And if you could not read
the white, foreign or unwritten
You’d come back to me and ask


I’d still have my eyes shut
But I’d remember the words
And I’d repeat them back to you.