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 Hello

Do you remember me

 I am your long lost pen pal

 It must have been ten years ago we last wrote

 I don’t really know what happened

 I guess life came in the way

 Let me know if you’re still alive

 Let me know if you ever used that knife or not

 Hello

Yes I remember you

 I’ve got a husband and two children now

 I work as an accountant and make fairly good money

I still have your letters, you used a pink pen to write them

 And you would comfort me

 when my tears would stain the ink

 And I would send you mix tapes with Kate Bush on

I have to admit I sometimes lied in those letters

Tried to make life better than it was

 I still wasn’t kissed at sixteen

 And I still need a friend

There was this letter

 I never told you this back then

 But it would be fair to say it saved my life

I sat in the window

 The only one left out from a party again

 Pretty sure I didn’t have a single friend

 Then I checked the mailbox

Dear long lost penpal

 I was lying the whole time

 I’m really a 46 years old man named Luke

I have three children

 and a wife, she doesn’t care

 And I hope you don’t resent me

 And I hope you do not hate me

 For trying to find my way back to what it’s like to be young

I have to admit I sometimes lied in those letters

Tried to make life better than it was

 I still wasn’t kissed at sixteen

 And I still need a friend