Bring Back The Love Letter Poem by Sarah Mkhonza

My mail box misses the
Love letter in a blue
Envelope. Its contents
Played me a fool, for I
Read with disbelief the
Words written about me.
I was no rose, but in
This letter my petals
Were alive and red.
They jumped off the
Page and together we
Stood inside a vase
Full of water. In
His words I stood
A goddess with a
Magic that caused
Him to forever want
To spend his life with
Me. This letter had pages
That brought the sky up
Above our heads and together
We floated in parachutes
Close to the earth.

Together we walked
Under one umbrella
On rainy days and
Sat on green laws
When there was sun
Enough. All this was
Packed in one letter
With a stamp with
A picture of Charles
And Diana who were
Soon to wed. This
Letter like the
Fairy tale gone
Wrong has been
Stolen at the
Posts office in Cyberspace
And been replaced by
Short emails with a
Two word phrases 'love you'
At the end as if he is
Signing of a check for
Goods he never received.

Bring back the love letter
So I can put it in a picture
Album for it paints
Me into a world of
A Picasso never seen.
So full of love is our
World that we float
Two doves in the air
And build our nest
Under lofty city church
Roofs and watch the world
Go on without us for ours
Is a world not known
To everyday troubles. The
Bats that huddle in church
Roofs are no disturbance
For we drown them with
The squeaks of our laughter.

Write me the eight pages
Of dreamy love with your
Scrawly handwriting
For it hides the heavenly
Coded message you have given
Me to be passed on to
The next generation
Like a scroll of old.