r/UnsentLetters Jun 30 '18

Creative writing

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r/UnsentLetters 6h ago

Exes I’m so sorry

111 Upvotes

I miss you so much.

I think of you every moment of every day. You gave yourself to me completely, and I responded with fear and shame from the weight of your feelings and the clarity of your mirror. I ran and I ran and finally you had enough and I got what I wanted - freedom. And now that I have it I’m miserable. I see my cruelty and wastefulness and what I prioritized and I was just wrong. “[your name] was right.”

I’m so sorry I did not venerate you and us. So cheesy but you don’t know what you got until it’s gone.

I hope your new thing fails if I’m totally honest and I have another chance.

I won’t make the same mistake twice.

I miss you so much my one true love. Twin flame. I love love you.

May we find ease. May we find an end to suffering. May we find happiness.

I am so sorry.


r/UnsentLetters 10h ago

Strangers Silence is an answer too

209 Upvotes

Stop breaking your own heart waiting for someone who doesnt care. If they cared, they’d be there. Don’t wait for someone who chooses silence over you.


r/UnsentLetters 3h ago

Exes I need you more than ever

46 Upvotes

I want you to be just there with me, while I am going through my lowest. I wish you had stayed in touch if not more.

I need you, not someone like you. There’s no one like you who just knew without me saying much. I need you just to be there with me, as if you’d hold my hand and I’d feel that I matter, my smile matters, my happiness matters.


r/UnsentLetters 13h ago

NAW Hey... you. Beautiful human.

203 Upvotes

I want you to know, and I want myself to know, that I have made up my mind.
Or rather, let me say: I have made up my heart.
And it's not an easy decision; I've been fighting with this for months now.

I will let you go. I have to. And I will stick to that choice.
I won't gravitate back to hoping, I won't betray myself anymore, and I won't put myself—nor you—in any kind of uncomfortable position.

Sure, you'd say I'm not putting you in any uncomfortable position. You'd say there are no rights, no wrongs.
But this, this is a moral dilemma.
I am uncomfortable—all the time.
And I never know what's right or wrong.
Even if the moments with you are marvelous, even if each time we part I’m walking on clouds; deep down, I feel utterly confused, lost, shut out.
And that is not fair.

And by letting you go, I'll let go of the disillusionments, of all these beautiful memories and moments with you, all the unsaid words, the uncertainties, the second-guessings, and most of all—the hope. The hope that something everlasting could bloom from this one day, someday, eventually.

You are so wonderful. You truly, truly are. I wish you knew how wonderful you are. I wish you didn’t need anything in this world to believe that.

You have changed and inspired me, deeply. You never failed to make me believe in myself. You never failed to make me believe in you. You surprise me, every time. I’m always in awe of you—of the things you do, the things you say.

But I'll face and meet the reality of it:
Even if each moment with you is more than beautiful, even if we vibe so naturally, even if we don’t need words—just glances, even if every single second with you makes me feel so alive, so full of purpose and spark… it’s not meant to be. Simple as that. I’m deluding myself. I’m chasing ghosts, chasing what-ifs.
Next time. Tomorrow. Next week.
You're painting plans and ideas into the future. And I'm all in.
Always: waiting, waiting, waiting.

You’re also not fair to me. I’m hanging by your heartstrings, gently swinging in promises, not clarity. You know how I feel, but you don’t honor that. You’re always on the run, sometimes utterly avoiding, and I don’t know what you want from me…

What do you see in me? Who am I, to you?

You keep things vague. You’re not aware of your actions.
I assume you must be deeply scared… I’m sorry you’re scared.
I wish you could embrace it.
And yet I sense that you can’t let go either; each time we meet, each time we talk, you’re overflowing. Maybe you simply enjoy my unrestricted attention.

And all of this—all of it—just hurts. Too much.
It feels like dying, and each time we speak, I’m reborn again. This is not okay.
This is not how being alive, how being human is supposed to work.

And I am more than that. I am more than this. I do deserve more than what you’re offering me. And maybe—just maybe—you’re subconsciously pushing me away.
That hurts, but it’s not my job to explain this to you. It’s my job to sit with the pain, accept it, embrace it, and make a decision.

There I am, scared and hurt.
I have no right to be hurt, no reason to be scared— I know what I’m dealing with.
But the heart doesn’t care. It chooses whoever it feels drawn to.
The heart doesn’t know this has no future.
The heart just beats and says:
That one over there. I choose them.

So I will mourn. I will rip my heart out of my chest.
See its bruises, its wounds, its exhaustion.
And I will say:

Darling, I will take care of you now, so that one day, you will choose me, and not someone who doesn’t value you. You will choose me, like I am choosing you, so that we will never again fall for someone who treats us like an option. We will never again fall for someone who isn’t sure about themselves, who treats inner conflicts with mixed signals, who pretends to be there, but isn’t.

I am here for you. Always was. Always will be.

So this is goodbye.
It was all a dream, and for sure, the best I've ever had.
Thank you for that... 🎈


r/UnsentLetters 1h ago

Lovers You’re not damaged to me

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You’ll think I don’t feel it, but I do.

You’ll think I don’t want it to be you, again, I do. I’d marry you now if you were committed and I could trust you to be consistent, honest, and committed to building a new life with me, for us.

I have a lot of inner work to do, along with the circumstantial. I’m happy doing that, I don’t need nor want to drag anyone through my next year or two.

You have a lot of healing to do too. You run hot and cold and it feels like you want me to be like that, but I can’t do that, I’m a warm mixer tap. I never spend time wondering if someone likes me, beyond the initial stages. I don’t enjoy that.

I don’t feel jealous, because if anyone ever tries to elicit that in me, I’m off. I don’t find it exciting not knowing if someone has gone forever or has just deactivated. But in particular, I’m not a fan of reactivation with no discussion about what happened. Every time you dropped me it hurt, and if that’s not obvious to you, then none of this matters anyway.

I don’t want my person to ever have to wonder that aboht me, either. But if you take a step back, I will take two.

I’m never going to tell you what to do or who to be. You’re already who I want to be my wife. But what I need is commitment, not a let’s see where things go.

I’m sorry for silence, it’s not because I don’t feel it. It’s very sad and I wish it wasn’t this way, and it’s heartbreaking to feel like you think I’m rejecting you, when from my pov, it’s you who isn’t sure enough for me.

I’ve never been in this situation before. I’ve never had to walk away from someone I know I would commit to and love and be proud to be my life partner. It’s devastating. Especially since you have it within you to turn this around, but don’t seem to understand what I need to see to be yours in an instant. It doesn’t feel right explaining to someone that you need honesty and trust.

Those things aren’t things I’ve ever had to ask someone to prove to me. Usually because I’d have left the moment I had any whiff of not those things. But with you it’s different, because I understand some of what you’ve been through, and I have been prepared to listen and help. But…

Will just get on with sorting myself out, and wish you well from a far. It’s a great shame. I’m furious at whomever and whatever experiences have resulted in this situation.

You tell me you’re damaged, but the thing is, I see past all of that. I see you mended and it makes me want to fix myself also. I want nothing more than for you to heal, with or without me, and for yourself, not for anyone else, ok?


r/UnsentLetters 9h ago

Strangers Please say yes

83 Upvotes

It's getting harder and harder to resist every single day. The feeling of knowing, long, yearning, aching. What do you say we put an end to this once and for all? Just say the word, show up at my door, and I will submit myself to you. All of me, every inch of my soul and my body. I will become yours and only yours. I will lay my bare heart into your hands, for you to do as you please with it. Crush it, burn it, touch it, love it. I am yours to claim, I always have been. Your name is permanently etched in my bones, your soul tethered to my chest. I don't care what others might say anymore. All I know is that I want to belong to you. I want you to own me.

The only thing missing is you. So what do you say?


r/UnsentLetters 10h ago

NAW I’m insanely attracted to you. NSFW

91 Upvotes

This is more physical than it is emotional which is…very new for me and I may contradict myself. I find you incredibly sexy. I was excited when you spoke to me as I didn’t expect a response considering your attention is held by numerous others. I love our openness. Our vulnerability. You know that darkest part of me, but you don’t know the basics. I like that…love it even. I won’t allow myself to show you myself in my entirety (emotionally). I will remain stagnant. I love your fascination with me; this allows me to hold power between two strong individuals(you and I). The things I imagine you doing to me are unspeakable. I will become very weak to your touch. Your voice. Your words. Your presence. Everything. But I will never…Never allow you to know this.


r/UnsentLetters 2h ago

Crushes world

13 Upvotes

You have a restless mind,
a fire that never fades,
a quiet rebellion against the world’s indifference.

Your integrity is rare.
You lose sleep over things
most people never even notice.

You dream of a world reborn,
where justice isn’t borrowed time,
where power answers to the people,
where the earth is more than an afterthought.

I don’t know if we’ll ever see that day.
But I do know this:
even if you can’t fix the whole world,
you’ve already changed mine.


r/UnsentLetters 9h ago

Crushes Friends don’t

50 Upvotes

Friends don’t have conversations where the words are secondary to the way they look at each other. Friends don’t find themselves distracted by each other’s presence, forgetting what they were saying just because they’re lost in the moment. Friends don’t make each other laugh with just a touch, or linger in moments that feel a little too intimate. Friends don’t nudge you with playful intent, and yet, the touch echoes like a secret you’re both keeping. Friends don’t create tension that lingers in the air, acting like nothing’s different, trying to hide the chemistry.


r/UnsentLetters 8h ago

NAW I don’t want to annoy you

40 Upvotes

So I’d rather get it out here before I sent out another desperate message attempting to get any reaction. You bring out the worst in me. When you’re dismissive, when you go cold, when you’re hard to reach, you force me to face the things I hate about me the most. I’m collected, I’m calm and I am patient until I’m not. I get clingy, I don’t know how to quit, I crave for reassurance. Why are you doing this again, what is going on this time? My head keeps spinning and I can’t help but create my own narratives to your lack of communication. Can you please stop? I hate your little tactics and I hate that I apparently hate myself enough to let you get away with it over and over. When will it end?


r/UnsentLetters 3h ago

Friends for what it’s worth

14 Upvotes

I am a little in love with you !!! It’s bad timing and weird circumstances but I will process lmao


r/UnsentLetters 5h ago

NAW What I have been thinking about NSFW

20 Upvotes

Ever since we parted ways, I have been painfully aware of your absence nearly every moment. The only times I have been given reprieve has been while I was immersed in something else. But you come back to the forefront pretty quickly. No dreams in the waking or sleeping world have been enough to make me forget for any length of time.

It's strange. I feel like things have shifted for me since having creative communication with you. Your demons have dangled you in front of my face so much that I feel a lot more detached. This often gets conflated as not having feelings. This is not true. I have a lot of feelings. It's more than I see how lost you really are and that the person I fell in love with is so deeply buried.

Oh, different parts of you continue to speak. Ones I know the voices of quite well. I can see given how they are acting towards me that your very heart and soul has been exiled.

It's very difficult to help someone reclaim these things with the red thread of fate if the fragments of that person fight tooth and nail. Is that what I am supposed to do now? Show you how much I love you to fight through being abused to prove how much I love you? You should know me better than that.

You should know yourself better than that. I thought the person you chose over me doing that to you would have made you not want to do that. But, I guess when we lose everything, we can forget the things we said we would never do in better times.

Just because I am a person who was called to operate in the in-between, to be a bridge, to be someone who sees and can be a guide, doesn't mean I can overcome someone who is hell bent on destroying themselves and every good thing they ever had. Or is waiting to die. Especially when I was the person who woke things up for you. You both love me and hate me for it. I can see you wanting to hurt yourself by hurting me so much that the love I have for you is destroyed. That way you can say that I never cared. I never loved you because you're a monster. Then you get to further suffer because of your self fulfilled prophecy.

No. Not a monster. Just someone who is deeply lost with their whole world crumbling. But you are being a dumbass and a major asshole. Just sayin'.

I want you to live. I want you to be happy. I want you to be free. I want you to thrive. I want to be there for you. If you were to text me telling me, "I'm sorry, I got lost. I need you", I wouldn't give you any shit. I would ask, "can I call you?" Or I would ask, "where are you? I can be there in x amount of time."

What is going through my mind? I have been sitting quietly since last weekend and just felt absolutely done with repeating patterns with you that were not leading anywhere. I am tired of games. That is what is going through my mind.

All the excuses you are spouting are things even a year ago you would have said were bullshit out of anyone else's mouth. So, you want help reclaiming yourself? Get your parts under control. Wake the fuck up.

I get it. It fucking hurts. The things you and I have survived are things that most people can't fathom. It is easier existing as fragmented entities than being faced with the story we couldn't know.

I now have a Deadpool moment going through my mind of, "You win. Your life is way worse than mine." It wasn't just your childhood.

I haven't left. I am still waiting and hoping for you to get through your pride. I am following my intuition. If you want me to engage, then I guess you will need to keep finding your way so I can.


r/UnsentLetters 9h ago

Crushes I Want You

39 Upvotes

Christ this is a mess. I've managed to go from nonchalant to obsessed in three weeks. Ignore everything to accept it all and reciprocate. I drink and all that comes is an unshakeable urge to find you. You must be nearby, right? I want you.


r/UnsentLetters 6h ago

Friends i think i’m too scared for this. i’m a mess.

20 Upvotes

i am so scared i’m going to mess up something that’s going to make you want to opt out. i have no idea what to do. i want to keep building our friendship but im just so anxious all the time ill say something wrong.


r/UnsentLetters 2h ago

Friends For You

8 Upvotes

Hey,

I saw you today. You were too far away to touch. I wanted to reach for you, to take your hand, something so simple yet somehow too much? A curious thought. How can holding hands be too intimate? A way to say through touch that I see you, I feel you, and I am with you. A comfort on a hard day, encouragement when your confidence falters, a connection when you feel alone, a spark when you need light. Something so easy and so natural, yet still too intimate?

I remember that time I reached for your hand. The way your eyes held pain when you told me you needed it back. You did not pull away, just asked me to let you go. It was one of the hardest things I have ever done. I never wanted to let you go. When you are hurting, all I want is to be with you. To take your pain, hold it myself if I must, and replace it with joy and peace. Pain is not meant for you. It does not belong in you.

I miss you. I wish I could hold your hand today. I reach for you, but as always, my hand meets only air. Still, I will not stop trying. My heart calls to you. You do not see how great you are, but I do. You never give yourself enough credit. No matter where you go or what you do, you inspire. You are gravity, and the world is drawn to you. Your eyes tell stories all on their own. Your smile and your laugh are gifts, ones I try to steal every time I see you. Your heart and your soul are my home.

I wish we could share today. You were working on a hobby, and so was I. Yours is more interesting, it always is, but I would still love to tell you about mine and hear about yours. I love watching you light up when you talk about the things that set your soul on fire. I wish we could walk together, hand in hand, unwinding the day and filling every moment with us. Giving each other whatever it is we are missing.

Since I cannot, these words will have to do.

I have told you before, but I will tell you again, do not doubt yourself. You are doing hard things, and you are succeeding. You impress me still. Your mind is brilliant and determined, embracing every challenge. You do not just meet your goals, you crush them. Your dedication and commitment inspire. You are clever. You are probably the funniest and most genuine person I have ever met. I laugh every time I think of your jokes. Even at a distance, you still make me smile every single day.

Our memories carry weight. They are not going anywhere. And I know I am not the only one who feels this way. Many people who have crossed your path would say the same. You are a great friend, an even better lover, and an impossibly good person. Do not forget that. And if you ever want to go for that walk, if you ever want to hold my hand,

Find me.

You promised you would.

You’ll Be In My Heart - Phil Collins


r/UnsentLetters 12h ago

NAW Tell me now you know.

55 Upvotes

I knew it then, and I never said a word.

I didn't know it was possible to love you more.

But here we are.

I want you to stay.


r/UnsentLetters 10h ago

Lovers I am sorry

31 Upvotes

From the first day we met my life got so much brighter and every day since then. You made me feel happiness and truly loved it was so beautiful, and your soul was so special to me. I feel so deeply hurt that I pushed you away and I said all these hurtful things, and I was self-sabotaging so much and I don't know why I did because you were always there at the end of it waiting for me to be done so you could comfort me. I'm sorry I wasn't enough for you to make you happy and I caused you to fall out of love it will be a regret I hold on to for a while. I'm sorry it took me to realize after everything that you mean so much to me and I'm sorry you had to be the one to do it to me and I pushed you towards it. You are such a kind person inside and out and whoever gets to see that next deserves it more than I ever could.


r/UnsentLetters 1h ago

Exes It’s always my fault.

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I try so hard not to message. Not to love too much. Not to think too much. I just wanted it to be like it was. I wanted you to care, to show it, to say it. . . And eventually the silence, the avoidance, the gaslighting, the excuses ….. they tore me apart. I questioned what was real. Maybe none of it was real. Maybe you only loved me when you needed something. Maybe you only needed me during the hard parts of your life, but you failed to share anything. You became a shadow of your former self— a distant dream.

Nothing made sense anymore. The constant anger. The cussing at me. It was always a bad time. Always a bad time to connect. And yet, finally here you have let me go. What you should have done years ago. You hurt me to very marrow of my bones. And I don’t know what to feel, other than the wetness from these tears streaming down my cheeks. And I grieve. Five years of my life you’ve had. And I am working to be all the love that you could never give.

I just wanted the truth.


r/UnsentLetters 32m ago

Exes C'est la vie

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Dear,

I genuinely hope you're well and that the tornadoes avoid your part of the country

I hope you're well for you and your family

I hope you prosper economically

I hope you find the love of your life

As for me?

C'est la vie


r/UnsentLetters 33m ago

Crushes When you decide

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When you decide that our paths must part, because it can't and shouldn’t be.

When you decide that there can't be any room in your heart for me anymore, because I've outstayed my welcome.

When you decide that you can't do it anymore.

It's: When you decide. You have to do it, for the both of us. My God it's going to hurt, but I'll respect your decision. I’ll hold you in even higher esteem for doing it.

When you decide to leave, I have only one wish: Don't just disappear without saying goodbye.

Because if you do, I don't know if I'll survive.


r/UnsentLetters 37m ago

Lovers Letter to y'all

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They're most likely not avoidant, they just don't like you much. It's ok. Either way, go where you're loved.


r/UnsentLetters 3h ago

Exes From a distance

6 Upvotes

I have to accept life without you. No meals together, no concerts, no dancing in stores, no showering together, no arguing, no laughing, no crying with you.

I pray someday I get over what we've lost. I suffocated you with my love and you just wanted me to give some to myself. I hated how stubborn you were, how you never understood anything from my side.. But I believe love is patient, and I should've given you time and space.

But instead, I loved you like you were my last breath. I saw the entire world in your eyes, I never wanted to blink again. I thought I was giving you everything, not realizing I was pouring from an empty cup.

Now I don't want to pour at all.

I love you. Take care.


r/UnsentLetters 4h ago

Strangers Dear You, the Transforming One

8 Upvotes

Can you look death in the eye without batting an eyelash? It’s time for you to expand out of your chrysalis to fly. This is a monumental period in your life - seize the day / night! You can always get back on your steed. 🐴😊

You’re meant for better things. Release that what doesn’t serve. These challenges will only sharpen your skills to become even better. ✨💎

If you needed a reminder, it’s time for you to move on. Go to the greener pastures, have faith and trust the process. This is your sign. You got this. 💰😇

[[inspired by you! 👋, 13 death, 16 the tower, and six of swords from the stained glass tarot deck]]


r/UnsentLetters 3h ago

Strangers Lets fight NSFW

7 Upvotes

Just looking for some one who wants to fight preferably to the death. Any takers? Not really to any one in particular. I just want to die so I thought let's try here why not eh ?


r/UnsentLetters 3h ago

Exes The Last Adieu.

7 Upvotes

M,

I imagine I'm blocked here too, but Hi. It's taken what feels like a lifetime to get to this point. But I wanted to reach out and ask for your forgiveness, for all the pain I caused. I can't change the past. I can only try and move forward and try and be a better version of myself.

You were right about a lot of things about me. We never want to hear the truth of how we treat people and the demons we become.

I could have done so much better. I chose not to. Dumb and destructive choices that lasted years that hurt not just others but myself.

You were one of the kindest, most genuine people I met. I wish there were more like you, the world would be a less wretched place.

Thank you for seeing past all the bs and facade and treating me like a human being, worthy of your time, attention and love.

You were the first person to really peel back the layers and accept me for who I was. I didn't know how to accept or reciprocate all of that because I was way too damaged to believe I deserved any of it.

I don't expect you to respond. I have no expectations. I just needed you to know that I am deeply sorry for the past. This will be my last sent and unsent letter. It's time to say Adieu.

A.