i wrote this to you from inside the heart of a dead animal.
i wrote this to you from the time of our lives.
i wrote this to you by electric light.
i wrote this to you with the comfort of the night.
i wrote this to you because i need your help.
i wrote this to you because you are the only one who can help.
i wrote this to you knowing you can use the money.
i wrote this to you in full confidence.
i wrote this to you on behalf of my benefactor who is now dead and left u$ 18 000 000 000 in her will which i would love to share with you even though we have never met and i actually just want your bank details so i can steal your money from you, you fool.
i wrote this to you with the greatest regret.
i wrote this to you as they walk away from my home with their guns over their shoulders.
i wrote this to you now, because before i was too scared to write at all.
i wrote this to you to warn you about things you already know.
i wrote this to you in the hope that you will one day read this and understand that i loved you, that i loved this place, that just like everybody else i just wanted to make a living and be happy and kind and be loved back and see and witness and experience and meet and hear and taste all the world's worthwhile things.
i wrote this to you now because we are gone before we have started sometimes.
i wrote this to you because people cry themselves to sleep.
i wrote this to you to tell you that we can hold one another and weep and still be lonely and alone.
i wrote this to you to say that while the past is the past someone still had to go through it.
i wrote this to you to say that i love you, that i miss you, that i see you in the trees and the waves and the shimmer on the sea.
i wrote this to you in hope.
i wrote this to you because i know you will write back.
please do.
please.