Love Letters

after Jeanann Verlee

Dear E,

You asked if I needed time. Yes, with you. I need more time than my body can give.

I love you. You’re it. Full stop.

Dear C,

I wanted your hand in the sun but you just wanted a body to haunt.

Dear V,

We never should have happened. But I still talk to you in the dark.

Dear H,

I still hate your pedestal. I hope you liked the crash. I sure did.

Dear W,

You loved me a lifetime in six weeks. I’m sorry I left.

Dear A,

You can stop running now. I’m not there anymore.

Dear D,

I loved you first. You never had to say it back.

Dear R,

I almost believed you, you little shit.

Dear P,

I still don’t like you. Stop texting.

Dear E,

I love you. You’re it. Full stop.