The North Carolina Letters

Author's Note:I wrote this a long time ago with an ex-girlfriend. I just found it so I thought I’d put it up

Dear Noel,

I hope this letter finds you well
Where I am I cannot tell
Life hasn't been quite the same since I fell
I'm pretty sure that someday
You'll finally understand why I ran away
My problems at home I just could not mend
But I can get through this because I know you're waiting for me at the end
My beautiful, precious, wonderfully frustrating girlfriend

Sincerely yours, Cody (P.S. sorry this took so long to send
Just write back to Cliff's address as planned
He'll find a way to get that letter into my hand)

Dearest Cody,

Read this slowly
There is nothing I want more
Than your feet upon my floor
Than to see my fortune stand
In the winding lines of your hand.
I care not why you ran away,
Just that nothing is to your dismay.
Let my shoulder catch your tears.
Let me whisper lullabies in your ears.

I must derail my train of thought.
I'll be late for school if I do not.

May time go by like satin on your skin,
Till the day my arms hold you within.
Take comfort in these words I've sewn
And know that you will never be alone.

Love always,
Noel

Dear Noel,

I can tell you more now I made some time.
So sorry it took so long to send word by rythme
But I'm doing fine even though I don't have a dime
You're still mine and I'm yours, this distance is a crime
I know it seems senseless
But I'm not defenseless
Even though I kind of like to roam
It hurts everytime I think, "I want to go home"
The lump in my throat makes me choke
Until I remember the words my mother spoke
That always seems to bring me back to my senses
A small reminder of why I jumped all those fences
But it tears me up to look at my star
And think of you looking up at a star
Thinking aloud, "I wonder where you are..."
When I'm sleeping somewhere in my car
But it won't be very far
Until we can be together again
Free from sin
Your arms can hold me within
How I long to feel your skin
I'll be the envy of myself after fighting so many bouts
It won't be hard to fight one more, you and me against everyone else's doubts

-Cody

My Darling Cody,

I love you only.
I thought it'd sooth your mind
To know I will always stand by your side
I worry at times about you
But then I know you'll do what you have to
To get back to the warmth of my heart.
And I know you won't let us be apart
For longer than we have to be,
Because I know you love me.
I'm sure now you made the right decision.
Being in that house only clouded your vision
Of the dreams we once made,
Only now I'm no longer afraid,
Afraid of you,
Afraid of the moon,
Afraid of the stars,
Afraid of who we are.
And when I see my scars
I know that you are never too far.
I love you with all my heart,

-Noel

This was written 1 year later

Dear Noel,

I hope you burn in hell
It was all manipulations and maneuvers from your beguiling ways
And I bought each and every word, I guess sometimes crime pays
I believed you, you were crying
But I didn’t know you were lying
You life is a spider web of lies, in circles ever widening
A double life, once discovered, that is very frightening
You put on a great big show
Make up your problems as you go
They’re real to those that believe
You’ll get as much pity as your imagination can conceive
So where do we stand now, let me see
I ran away from home then you ran away from me
I bet you think it’s all funny
But now there’s no more hope in tragedy
And I still grieve
From the biggest trick up your sleeve
The biggest lie in your weave
“A light that I will never leave”
Take that knife I gave you and autograph a vein
So people will know who caused my pain

-Cody

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