Who writes a letter nowadays and sends it via post? It's rare to see someone who still does that today, with Internet technology and all. Aside from lawsuits, house bills, and other official documents, I can safely say that there are only a very few letters that pass through Mr. Mailman as compared during the last decade.
What does it feel like to write a letter? I can hardly remember. I can only remember a few letters that I personally wrote. One of which was a letter to my dad when he was still working abroad. I believe it was his for his birthday, then. Another letter that I can remember writing was for a 'friend' in the United States who never replied back.
I cannot give much justification to the letter. I cannot describe the passion that is tied to writing a note as well as you can describe it...how you stretch the sheet of paper and put it on your desk, how you pull out your fountain pen and make sure that there is still ink, how you started to put your pen on the paper and let the ink flow, how you carefully write every word to avoid erasures, how you finish the letter with words of endearment and your signature, how you fold it and put it in the envelope, how you gently seal it with a sealer or probably with your tongue, and how you carry it off and send it to the mail. I cannot describe it as well as you do, but I am sure that your words will be full of words that bear the years of memories that these letters bring.
The mailman will deliver letters less and less over time, but I am sure he will not disappear, because as long as there are good thoughts tied to him, people will not let him go away permanently.
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