Letters Never Sent

I write your name across the page

Like ink that time cannot erase

The words come soft, the lines feel true

But they’re too scared to get to you

Each night I fold a little dream

A memory caught between the seams

But every step stays in its place

Another truth I can’t embrace

These are the letters never sent

The words I hide, the love I meant

They sit inside a quiet drawer

Too loud to speak, too deep to ignore

I love you still

In every word unread

You talk to me like just a friend

And so these pages never end

I’d rather keep this silent flame

Than risk the way you say my name

Someday maybe you’ll find them there

A dusty box beneath the stairs

And all the love I never show

Was just never told

These are the letters never sent

But still they hold what I intend

And though you’ll never read them through

Each line begins and ends with you

A love unspoken

Still true