What We've Never Said

“Write the thank-you that never found its moment.”

“What do you admire about me that would be unsayable at the pub?”

“When did I help save you from something — possibly without ever knowing I did?”

“What's the question you've always wanted to ask me and never have?”

“What do you worry about for me?”

“What's the conversation we keep almost having?”

“Write down the thing you'd want me to know even if you never got the chance — or the nerve — to say it in person.”

“What is one way I have changed over the years that you have never mentioned to me?”

“What has knowing me spared you?”

“There's something I've never said in so many words. Here it is, in writing.”