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What If I Wrote You A Love Letter

May 23, 2011
By RedheadAtHeart ELITE, Mountain Home, Idaho
RedheadAtHeart ELITE, Mountain Home, Idaho
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Favorite Quote:
Love with open hands. - Madeleine L'Engle


What if I wrote you a love letter,
under the light of my bedroom lamp,
late at night when I can’t sleep?

What if I wrote it with my favorite pen,
the one that oozes ink as smoothly as a butterfly’s wing?
What if the little black dots that it sometimes splatters everywhere
looked as though they were meant to be a heart?

What if my words were laced with my insomnia,
and what if I sealed it with a fervent little kiss?
What if I gave it to you?
What if?

Would you read it?
Would you ponder over it and hold it tightly in your hands,
just holding the featherweight paper?
Would you think it was worth its weight in gold,
and then stop to correct yourself because it didn’t weigh enough to match its worth?

Would you keep it a secret because it’s too sweet to tell anyone,
but would you want to hint at it every time you opened your mouth?
Would you drive home with it on your lap and
pretend it wasn’t anything when really it was everything?
Would you reply?
Would you?



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on Sep. 24 2011 at 8:29 pm
NinjaGirl BRONZE, Valley City, North Dakota
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Favorite Quote:
The only thing holding us back in life is our desire to stay where we are and not venture further.
~Some random person on the Internet :P

I believe that this is what's going through most teenage girls' minds (myself included) about seventy-five percent of the time :) Great work.

on Jun. 4 2011 at 8:24 pm
ViolaSmartie BRONZE, Mckinney, Texas
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Favorite Quote:
Always remember that you are unique, just like everyone else in this world..

I actually gave the guy I liked a letter saying I liked him and it's funny how this is exactly what had been going through my mind. 

on Jun. 4 2011 at 7:11 pm
DayDreamWriter, St. Charles, Illinois
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I love this. Exactly how i felt before i confessed to my bf that i like him. You capture the emotions perfectly

on Jun. 2 2011 at 4:05 pm
Kfuzesi13 SILVER, Someplace, New Jersey
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Favorite Quote:
"I have hated the words and I have loved them, and I hope I have made them right."
-Markus Zusak, The Book Theif

I like this poem. It's written nicely and I like the idea that a simple action like wrting a letter could make someone else so happy. I try to live by that idea..

bree13 said...
on Jun. 2 2011 at 3:50 pm
bree13, Olympia, Washington
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This is a very good poem! I <3 it!

on Jun. 2 2011 at 12:40 pm
DallasCox SILVER, Wallingford, Kentucky
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Wow. This gave me chills.
"What if my words were laced with my insomnia"   - best line ever.

I absolutely love it. I feel like it should be longer, yet it's said everything that needed to be said.

Very successful. [=


on Jun. 1 2011 at 10:36 am
EriannaBaby BRONZE, St.louis, Missouri
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Favorite Quote:
'' IF YOU FIND IT IN YOUR HEART TO CARE FOR SOMEBODY ELSE, YOU WILL HAVE SUCCEEDED" MAYA ANGELOU
" IT'S ALWAYS BEST TO BE YOURSELF" HALLE BERRY
" " YOUR DREAMS ARE SMALL, UNTIL YOU MAKE THEM BIG" BEN CARSON

this is so lovely. you should think about really making this a song.  its nice.

meagash SILVER said...
on May. 31 2011 at 4:46 pm
meagash SILVER, Weymouth, Massachusetts
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Favorite Quote:
"Wheel of Morality, turn, turn, turn. Tell us the lesson that we should learn."- Yakko

i love this! it should be changed a little and made into a song