Dear, dear friend,

May time be kind to you
and speed your heart’s mend.
As I cannot be with you,
instead I send
my gracious love and warmth,
alongside this token;
a time-piece as little, I pray,
as the duration
you’re broken.

For each hour,
each tick,
each moment that passes,
you gain back that lost
with strength that surpasses,
any and all
that your heart had before,
until you’re resilient
and learned,
and thus, hurt no more.

Yours faithfully,

                                                     James Francis