Dead Letter

by Insomnia (Amy J. Kline) - Virgo

I sent a letter
to the Dead,
a letter
full of Questions.

And though
I fully believed
it would get
lost in the mail,

it came back
to my otherwise
empty box.

With great smears of blood
and filth and grime
it was returned to me.

And though it appeared
not to have been opened,
I carefully broke the seal.

Revealing the contents
cautiously
I found words written
in dried blood.

The answer to every
one of my Questions--

and then I jumped!
as the letter
burst
into flames.

Reason for writing:

    I work for the U.S. Postal Service & sometimes see "Dead Letters."  The words inspired my poem.  :)    

Birth sign: Virgo
Date created: 2002-04-07 00:14:36
Last updated: 2021-03-03 14:46:16
Poem ID: 68950

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