i wrote you a love letter

i started it as i went to sleep last night. i continued stringing words together as i woke, made corrections over a bowl of cheerios and elliptical machine, added more words in the shower and found the perfect way to sign off as i paid for my groceries. i tell you, it was the best letter EVER. it said exactly what i wanted to say to you. there were metaphors of shelter and communion. there were illustrations of beauty and pain. all pointing back to you. i bet you would have read it and cried. i bet you would have read it to all of your friends.
i bet you would have written me back, validating what i feel in those moments of genius as the words flow freely right before i fall asleep at night.
but i'll never know because i didn't write it.
i couldn't find a pen...