love letter

My darling, I have enclosed in this parcel
a number of poems I wrote recently
that express the depth of my love for you.
I hope they will reveal the joy I have felt
in being united with you these past twelve months.

Whenever you feel lonely in my absence,
please think upon these poems,
that I hope will produce in your heart those emotions
that overwhelmed us both on the night I departed.

It shouldn’t be long before I can return,
perhaps only three more weeks, but until I do,
I hope that my words will be of some small comfort
until we are once again in each other's arms.