Wednesday, May 25, 2011

Template of a Love Letter




For those of you who ever find yourselves at a loss .... here's a template where you can fill in the brackets yourselves.

Dear you,


Before, I didn't know you. I didn't know anything about you. I didn't know your face, your name, where you came from, what you did, who you were. 


I didn't know
The way you .... (walk, with slight misstep like a little boy)
Or that.... (silly face you pull when you stick your tongue out)

I hadn't memorised
your .... (fingers and the way they bend slightly backwards)
or your .... (spine and how it curves when you hunch over your late night work)


I hadn't counted on
the sound of .... (your voice - distinct, lilted, safe)
or the way you .... (wear your head - crazy hair, slight frown, preferably with hat)


It wasn't etched in my mind
your .... (silhouette, standing in the rain as you watch me leave)
or that .... (line on your cheek I like to trace)


There wasn't space for...
your .... (history - how it grounds you)
or the way you .... (place your hand on the small of my back)


Before...I did not know you. 


Not one thing about you.
 
But now...here it is. I know all about you.
And my love, how wonderful...
That all I know now, is you.