The Envelope
I stare ahead
Letters on the page
Their hands reach out
My fingers clasp shut
I stare ahead
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blankly
this envelope
sealed shut
offers no emotion
what could be inside?
I am afraid to know.
blur before my eyes
swirl and dance.
I see shapes form
not words but faces,
bright like the dawn,
eyes warm like the sunrise,
smiles glistening like the early morning dew.
Surely a new day will begin.
mine stretch to touch them.
but feel a coldness, not warm flesh.
Faces draw nearer yet.
Their gazes turn to steel
smiles grow brittle and cold,
fading from sight as the sun sets
as the rain clouds my eyes
and my blood chills.
blankly
this envelope
sealed shut
I offer no emotion
my heart is inside.