Paper and Ink
to my friend,
I hope, oh how I desperately
long for this letter to
find you well, and prosperous and
healthy and all those things the world holds dear,
because I love you,
my friend.
and I hope that this letter-
which is so much more than just
paper and ink; no, it is my very
breath-
will let you know that
even though I am waiting out
a storm of life, even though I am fighting against
the wind and against the world and sometimes
against myself,
I am surviving
I am learning
I am breathing in the rain and I am standing on my own and even when I fall back down I am learning to get up again.
thank you for writing back,
my friend. every letter you send is
a little bit of an umbrella I am learning how make,
to protect me from this storm.
I miss you very much and I love you even more
your friend