Our Secrets and Scars
Maisie Myers2022

Dear Fletcher,

I never meant to fall in love with you. You were only ever supposed to be my pen pal, the faceless man in a prison cell who got me to spill my secrets.

But for four long years, your letters were my lifeline. They brought me comfort in a world of cruelty. They brought me peace when all I felt was pain.

Until suddenly, they stopped.

But I never stopped thinking about you. I never stopped wishing that one day we could meet in real life. What is it they say? "Be careful what you wish for".

Do you remember when you said that our secrets and scars are what make us?

I guess they're what break us too.