Postage Due
I have traveled far for you.
My intentions have been true.
I sent a letter through the mail.
Stating it all in detail.
What do you mean by that?
You didn’t get the letter. It’s a fact.
It came with postage due.
You thought I thought more of you.
You were mad and rejected it.
They said you threw a little fit.
I used enough postage for sure.
It must have fallen off, as it were.
You don’t believe a word I say.
Save it for another day.
For another who will believe.
As for you, I can’t deceive.
You are sadly mistaken dear.
I’m not deceiving you. Never fear.
Retrieve it from the dead letter box.
Read it and learn that I’m not.
My letter is dead to you?
Just because of a little postage due?
Good thing I learned of this now.
Before I made a permanent vow.
Lacking postage has saved me.
I wonder how this could be?
Miracles seem to never cease.
Despite the loss, I can be in peace.
—————–R. W. Johnson—–(2016)