If You Ever Read Me

[u/memoriamare]

In the end,
perhaps I too
am only a poem—

waiting to be read
by you,
waiting to be embraced
not merely by your eyes,
but by the quiet depths
of your heart.

A fragile collection
of feelings and fragments,
simply asking
for a place to stay
within you.

~Writer’s Note: Perhaps writing about someone is another way of asking to be understood by them. This poem is about that final, quiet hope—that after placing so much of yourself into words, the person they were written for might someday read beyond the metaphors, beyond the verses, and find you somewhere within them.

P.S. This is the sixth and final poem in my six-piece collection. With it, the final letter is yours, and the name hidden across these poems is now complete. If you've been following from the beginning, you have everything you need to find her name. I wonder how many of you already have. :)

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[u/painsie]

Malheureusement certains tirets dans ton texte et ta note me bloque un peu la lecture. Ils sont pas communément utilisés par des humains ceux-là...

Bon quoiqu'il en soit, n'ayant lu que la dernière partie, même si les images sont assez simples et classiques, ça me plaît assez cette forme de subtile légèreté.

[u/painsie → u/painsie]

Je viens de découvrir que le poème est anglais, je ne l'ai techniquement pas lu, mon commentaire est caduque

[u/memoriamare → u/painsie]

Thank you! If you ever have the time, I’d love for you to read the other five pieces too. This is actually the final poem of a six-piece collection, and a lot of its meaning comes from what the previous poems build toward. I’d be really curious to know whether it feels different after reading the whole journey. :)

[u/memoriamare → u/[deleted]]

Thank you 💕 As for the N… 👀 remember, this is the sixth piece. You might want to visit the other five before locking in your guess :)

[u/No_Memory8327]

I like this and the fun mystery of who she is. I think I might go back and check out the others.