Sometimes 

You just need to write a letter  

A letter that you know will never be read

By anyone other than yourself

Sometimes

You need to write a letter

Then hide it afterwards,

Under your bed, in the closet, at

The bottom of a drawer

Sometimes

You need to write a letter

Then promise yourself

That you’ll burn it once you finish

But you never really do

Sometimes

You need to write a letter

A letter that no one will

Ever read or see or know exists

A letter that holds your deepest darkest secrets

Sometimes

You need to write a letter

And cry a little before you write it

And cry a little while

But trust me,

You will not cry afterwards

Sometimes

You feel silenced

You want to tell someone 

And maybe for now

Telling a pencil and paper is enough

Sometimes 

The person after 'dear' is your future self,

Maybe it's your friend,

Your parent,

Or the dirt where you bury it,

Or the ashes it becomes

Sometimes

You need to write something

You need to press your thoughts on paper

Get your feelings away from you

To corrode elsewhere

Sometimes

You just want to write a letter

A letter to nobody

A letter to everybody

A letter for the world 

that 

no one 

will ever read.