Letters To Zachary Poem by Unintelligible Susurration

Dear Zachary
I think I've lost my mind
I'm really confused
with all my emotions
and everything
that is happening
in my life right now

I am sorry
for acting so strange
and ignoring you
when all I really wanted
was to talk to you.

Dear Zachary,
I can't seem to begin
these letters to you
perfectly

These letters
that I have written,
so many of them
I wished I had sent,
I have tossed
one after another
into the trash to be made
into something more useful.

Dear Zachary,
These letters
seem to be going nowhere
but somehow I wish
they would end up in your hands
lying open so you can see
what awaits inside

Dear Zachary,
I know I was not
the person to converse with
I was just a bore
in all of the letters
we exchanged all these years

You put up with me
when I wanted someone
to talk to
and share every moment with.

But it didn't work out,
you even told me yourself
and now I am done -
I really am done -
trying to be nice
to all these people
so they can become
my very best friends.

Dear Zachary,
This is your cue
I gave you the script
for you to review
but you've got it all wrong!
Don't walk away
just yet;
stay until you
have memorized your lines
and know exactly what to say.


Dear Zachary,
You labeled yourself
as the same species.
You're totally different!
You will always be better,
smarter, and wiser than me.

Dear Zachary,
It is my time now
to take a bow
and you should too
because the conclusion
to this ridiculous show
has come

Yet it seems
they want an encore
which I am willing to do
so we can start over
and erase our mistakes
or improvise
and make our mistakes intentional
to make it a better play.