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John's Last Page Missing Contest ~ 9/6/26
My Last Confession of Affection
My thoughts were of you today
as I sat and wrote another letter.
It's said that a signed love letter
is the truest confession of affection.
Mine have filled pages that you will never read~
of things I no longer have the chance to say to you;
words of passion left unsaid, of anger put to bed
and of the dreams we once held dear.
Last month I wrote about the song you wrote for me
of how I struggled to hold back my tears~
torn between watching your face
and your fingers as they caressed the keys~
imagining how they'd feel moving over me.
I wrote of my thirst for you... then and still
although this letter will never reach you
on this last page, I had to let you know
Last week, I wrote to thank you for loving me.
It was the greatest gift we gave to each other,
but it's supposed to endure all things
How sad to think of a star dying.
Sad to think that now, when I look at the stars,
I can feel your arms around me.
You asked me to write a poem about fallen stars,
wondering where they go when they die.
The last line was, "Heartache is elusive to the eye."
I no longer believe that to be true
for my heart aches from missing you.
You're no longer beside me as I sleep.
Our eyes no longer gaze into each other's,
but my heart weeps with every beat.
Today, I wrote you... one more love letter
This last one will be in your beribboned pack
One last letter, one last page
that you will never know you were missing.
I signed it as I always do ~"With love,"
and added it to all the others,
safely kept in the back of my desk drawer.
I cannot post them now that you've passed away
"Farewell my love," are tearful words
that would've stained the page ~
a valediction my hand refused to write.
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