My Love Letter To You

I'm writing this love letter to you...



Who are you I wonder?

Do my eyes close softly when I breathe the air around you?

The touch of my skin is cool, and the blood rushing through my veins is ready to explode.

I grasp myself tightly, my toes begin to quiver.

The song in my head I can feel slowly dissipating into the horizon.

My eyes vividly creating the glow of the sunset.

My fingers lightly inscribing the sand for the waves to carry my love letter to you.




Why do the hairs on the back of my neck stand still?

What is this ache in my chest?

The wind is taking me away but my legs can no longer carry me.

The water covers my feet keeping me here.

My white summer dress laying along my legs soaked of sea.

The vanilla scent mixed with the wind, blowing my hair in the direction I'm destined to be.

I laid there shivering and praying to be warmed by your hand, by your smile, by you.

My eyes only saw darkness and my hands could not write.

My love letter to you I was no longer able to write.



Where is my knight that this love letter is written for?

My body slowly became numb, I laid there helpless and asleep.

I could not hear the ocean, nor see my written words.

 I awoke with tears in my eyes.

My mind knew your presence, but my eyes were tricked.

My head turned in every direction; you were nowhere to be found. I lightly held my head down on the sand where I saw your love letter.

Our words were one in the same that found each other.

 I slowly looked up and saw my luminous future ahead of me.

NATALIA WONG

Staff Writer