Unsent Love Letters

Countless times

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I wrote poems

I never sent you

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Poems that filled more pages

than I'd like to admit

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Poems I wish

I could have shown you

but I knew the depth of my love

scared you more than anything

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So I kept them to myself

Sometimes I stumble upon them

in my old notebooks

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Then I wonder

if you would have believed

the depth of my sincerity

if you ever saw them

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They're much different than

most the ones I've shown you

Much different than

the ones I've made public

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They're sweet soulful songs

Powerfully soft

like the ocean waves

purling over a beachside

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They exist

as unsent love letters

etched in the pages

of my notebooks