Here's a letter I found. I'm posting it for all the shippers and the lurkers and the reviewers to say thanks for checkin' me out and stuff and waiting for me through the hiatus.


Open form poem: No meter

"Love Letter"

Dear You,

The human chest was never meant to open like a clam,
But these guys line up with knives and without a damn
And have at it with my sternum like it should.
As if it'd open like a purse and the wallet would
Hold all the riches in the world.
Nevermind the blood curdling
In my veins.

The human chest was never meant to open like a clam.
It's shut tight against them as they chip me away in drams.

They could kiss me,
But I won't kiss back.
Display me in the window,
But I won't act back.
No one will ever make
Me react like that.

And so under this sweatshirt I've got marks.
Stitches and scars, they are black and blue and raw
They are ugly, they are the worst, and I am done.
Done with everything.
And then you step up and instead of a pick, you bring a marker.
Present your own chest,
X it with a flick of your wrist,
Say, "here, have mine."
But then I never had the time.
Or maybe you were too good to be true.
I was running from the mess that you'd do
to me. But when I came back, there you were again.
Waiting.

"Here, have mine. Yours is sacred."

You are so good, it is irrational.
So show me how ugly you can be.
What are the issues
That make your skin fine tissue?
What makes you snap?
What makes you buckle?
And how do you buckle
Your snapped parts down?
Turn your frown into a smile
And make life worthwhile
Again? How?

I ask because you come with ice and balm for me
Take out the stitches – make it tickle where it once hurt to be
And prove that the chest is not a clam.
So I can't help but give a damn
For you.

Keep that heart buried in that chest
But I'll sign over that x.

Love,
Rachel


Cute in a gruesome sort of way, I guess. It's a work in progress by the looks of it, but I just want to know who the heck this is for. Urgh, Rachel! Who are you writing to?

[OOC Soapbox Time] This poem was written in response to widespread male entitlement and the damage it does. Male entitlement, in this case, is about how most people think a girl should be with a particular boy because he "deserves" her the most. I haven't seen it a lot in this fandom (or perhaps I'm not looking in the right places for it) but I see it in other fandoms. It should never be about who "deserves" the girl the most because she's not some prize. At the end of the day, it should be up to the girl to pick who she wants (if she wants anyone at all) and even if everyone and their dog disagrees vehemently with her choice, there should still be respect for her decision. [Steps off Soapbox]