PALETA
Grandpa’s Last Letter to Juliet
“Release me from my doubts that held me prisoner against my fate.”
cannot figure out how they used one of those thin metallic sheets of blinking lights, because I never had the urge of needing to use one. I see no wrong in simply writing an unfeigned letter to someone they want to reach out unto, which in my case is to you.
4th of September, 2045 Dearest One, I wish I knew your name. But I need not such information, when I remember every detail of your eyes. I am uncertain about the fact that I still hold the right to write for you. But, please do believe the sincerity of this message that desires to fulfil the thirst of my curiosity, since it has been almost several winters since we have had our last conversation, and I do not mean to pry your resting mind. I came to write this letter, to show you that time may have departed us from our youth, yet there’s still these moments where even in a piece of paper, can I truly express myself despite how they claimed that pushing buttons on an electronic chopping board would be easier. I
I’ve been meaning to tell you that I kept seeing you everywhere in the tiniest fragments of my dreams. And it seems like my mind refuses to believe that it’s just a vivid invention of my shattered
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