The Letters I Never Sent

The letters that I never sent Are the words that were never spent The feelings that I couldn't share And the secrets that I couldn't bear They are the unsaid, the undone The stories that were never spun The words that remained in my heart And the emotions that tore me apart The letters that I never sent Were written in moments of lament When my heart was heavy with pain And my mind was a stormy terrain They were the letters of apology For the wrongs that I couldn't set free For the moments that slipped away And the chances that I didn't take They were the letters of love For the ones that I couldn't be with enough For the moments that we couldn't share And the love that was always there They were the letters of regret For the moments that I couldn't forget For the words that I wished I had said And the moments that I wished I had stayed The letters that I never sent Were written in moments of descent When my world was falling apart And I couldn't find a way to restart They were the letters of goodbye For the ones that I had to leave behind For the moments that we couldn't make last And the memories that we couldn't grasp They were the letters of gratitude For the moments of love and fortitude For the people who touched my life And the moments that made it all worthwhile The letters that I never sent Are the words that I couldn't vent But they remain a part of me And the memories that will always be For in those letters, I found release And a way to find some inner peace So even though they were never sent They remain a part of my heart's content.