Write a Letter You Cannot Send (Read the Rules!)

[elizae]

dear him,
please just let me be depressed. you say that this isn't like me, but it is. just let me drown. that's what will make me happy

dear me,
it's all your -- fault. if you just did what you were supposed to, maybe this wouldn't happen. maybe you could make your dad happy for once instead of being a -- lazy person who can't get their act together. no wonder why he didn't bother to check on you for the past, what, 4 hours?

dear other me,
stop hurting yourself. i know life sucks right now, but just focus on school. this is the second time you've locked yourself in your room and "fell asleep" before dinner. please help yourself.

dear whomever this may concern,
2017 has been junk. i was completely alone for new years- no friends, no family. my dad is mad at me for not doing my school work. the end of the semester is in less than a week, and I have some pretty big assignments coming up that I haven't even started on. i night fail this year, or take summer school. tomorrow, i was supposed to go on a date, but his parents wanted us to go somewhere else. i feel betrayed by the fact my dad would have let me go to this date when it was only me and this boy getting ourselves to this destination, but as soon as my dad had to drive, he said that i 'had too much work' and that I should work on it, even though he previously has no issue with it. my birthday was less than a week ago. nobody said happy birthday unless i reminded them. i wonder, if I didn't have a party, would anyone have remembered? thank you for reading this. if you feel like talking to me,just pm me. i don't care.

[Spotenya]

Dear partners;
Are you seriously kidding me right now? Giving me the most lamest role in the drama we were working on. You have given me a character where all I do was saying 'I am alive' at the very end. Are you kidding me? A, you never listened to my opinions and everyone has chosen a character that has a meaningful role in the play while I am some dead king who would say 'I am alive' at the very end. Guess what? This will be counted as an mini assessment, where we were graded for this. I don't think the teacher would consider giving me a high score because the only thing I get to say is 'I am alive'. You guys were working on with the script and writing your lines, what can I do now? If I don't do anything right now, It feels like I am not contributing to the group. When I am working, I have no idea what to work with because I get to say one line and that's it. I wish you guys would give me a role where I could speak more, not just one line! This is extremely unfair. A and V, you have gave the main characters to all your friends and giving me a side character. You know what? After this, I am done working with you guys.

From your group mate, Spotenya.

[.Vellichor.]

Dear free adoptable vulture...

No, my designs are not free. It says right in the description what offers I'm looking for. Why would you get the impression that it was free..? And why are you pulling the same stunt with other adoptable sales? Learn to read descriptions before asking, dude. I will not be working with you in the future.

Sincerely,
Broke artist

[Spotenya]

Dear me,
Are you serious, right now? At this very present moment?

From me

[n3rvous]

dear me,

id get myself food but its 1:01 AM so

[chewbecca]

Dear G
There is something you need to know. That friendship you've been holding onto, it's over. K feels as though both you and I are not worth it. I'm so sorry. You're going to be so upset but please don't be mad at me. I didn't do anything. I know that we've both done everything in our power the last four months to salvage our friendship with K but now we have to stop. We have to walk away. Please just trust me, it's better to leave now than to stick around and get hurt again and again as we have the last couple of months. Please just trust me because I love you. I felt like all this time I couldn't tell you because of the drama with K but I do. I love you so much. You're by far the kindest guy that I've ever thought of being with. I found you when I was lost. I'd just gotten out of an abusive relationship and I needed a friend to make me forget. And you were that friend. When I'm with you, I'm the most happy I've ever been in my life. When I'm with you everything that has happened to me, none of that matters. When I'm with you it's as if we're the only two people in this world. I pray that one day I get the courage to actually send this letter but until then I'll be here for you in whatever way you need. I know that you're losing K and y'all have been friends for years. I can't lie to you, I'm glad that this is over. She's been hurting you over and over again and watching you hurt hurts me. I hope that you take this news well, maybe this is our chance. Maybe, for the first time in over a year, I can actually be happy. Maybe I can actually be happy with you because I love you.
-R

[Serafin]

Dear Fellow Students,

Congratulations! In all my years at this strange, artsy private school, I have met only two bullies. And neither of them pulled anything close to the caliber of things that go on at public school. So, congratulations, for being civil human beings. I know that this is preschool through highschool, but even for having littles on the campus, we're surprisingly polite and decent.

At least, that's what I thought. See, there are no bullies among the highschool/middleschool aged kids that I know of, but there's something else going on and it's almost as bad. I changed campuses recently, moving from the one with more younger kids to the one with more teens. The first thing I noticed was that no one noticed me. Nope, not even the kids that I've done workshops or classes with before. Not even the ones I've spoken to.

Being an extrovert, I approached a few of you, talked kindly, asked how you were. You looked at me as if I was below you and offered the bare minimum of a response. It was not, technically, unkind but it was, in a way, worse than being bullied. Because you didn't have the courage to say anything to my face. I don't think you were trying to be mean. I think you just didn't need another friend. You had all been going there for years, just as I had, but you had never had to change campuses. You were lucky enough to live near the one for older kids.

You were a pack, and even though I am a hella extroverted theater kid who has been attending theater parties and awards nights since I was nine years old, I found it impossible to approach you.

All of a sudden, I was invisible. I had a few people who talked to me, who acted as friends, but really, my close friends don't attend this campus. I stayed invisible for a long time. I learned to just sit quietly in the student-lounge on hour-long breaks and bury myself in a sketchbook.

They say invisibility is a superpower. That was true, I suppose. The things I overheard. Ha. Yes, invisibility is a superpower, but what if you couldn't turn it off?

What about the Advanced Improv Troupe? Surely, I thought, we had to work well together, since we're going to be teaching theater to younger kids. Surely, I thought, I would find a band of misfits there. I was wrong. It was just a cross-section of the popular pack. Turns out, since we don't have sports teams, the theater geeks are the ones who know everyone.

You talked to me just fine during class, answered my questions, chuckled at my jokes politely. The second class was over, you split back up into your groups and fled. And I was invisible again.

The new term just started last week and I am proud to say that I am no longer invisible. Know why? Because I hunted down a couple of other writers who don't have anyone to talk to. I HUNTED THEM DOWN LIKE I WAS ON SOME SORT OF MISSION TO SAVE THE WORLD. It took that much. But I found them. Now I feel like the whole thing was probably just me anyways, me being shy of so many new people.

But sometimes I wonder. What if it wasn't? What if you really ARE cold towards people you don't know? I'm not writing this to shame you, or to make you wish you had talked to me. I'm writing this to ask everyone, every single one of you, every kid on campus, even the pre-schoolers to do something simple.

Talk to the new kid. It's not that hard. Just walk up and ask them their name. Ask about the sketchbook they're carrying. Ask about the band name on their hat or about the artistic eyeliner they're wearing or about their class schedule. Just talk to them. Please. You might be making their day.

-M

[galaxial]

dear S.

if i bother you, just
tell me to leave.

i simply care for you.
i don't know if you
return those feelings.

love,
L.

[chon]

dear v,
hi happy best friend anniversary! i can't believe it's been a year omf but anyways i hope your
day was just as amazing as mine (even though we're both so emotionally messed up atm) but
regardless you always make me feel so much better! also, i'm really excited for you to reciev
e the letter and i hope you don't hate it! i know you said you don't wear things like that but i
hope you'll wear this bc i have the matching pair ( i think i've said this before? ) i also hope you
don't see this before you open your letter because i'd hate to spoil the surprise!! but yeah cx
anyways OPEN YOUR GIFT BEFORE YOU READ THIS LETTER PLEASE I DON'T WANT TO RUIN
THE SURPRISE OKAY?? ilysm leda

[emporio!]

Dear _____,

Please quit doing this. You're being cynical again, just as you have been doing this entire time. She can deny it but it's still the truth. They need to open their eyes on how awful are, because no matter how hard I try they won't see it.
You know you can fix this. Please do it already because I freaking hate watching you.
From, _____.