Fiction
2 min
MaPle tReSs
Shasta Mudda
Dear Ellie,
How are you? I hope you're doing well. I'm currently getting unpacked in my dorm. I hope the weather's not too bad over there!
~ Ashwin
Los Angeles, 8/15
Hey Ashwin!
i love the idea of sending letters! Let's do it. Also, your right, the weather is crazy here. Its already freezing! I have also unpacked my stuff. Our photo is on my desk too! the campus is like a whole city in itself, haha. I'm so excited to explore. I miss home though. I cant wait to see you soon.
Ellie : )
Boston, 8/18
Dear Ellie,
I miss you too. Life here is dull without your presence.
I was just at the school's botanical garden. The maple trees reminded me of something. Remember when we carved our initials in every tree on our street? I can still remember the pain in my splintered hands. Our parents got so mad!
A commemoration:
There were two kids in one lane
Every tree they carved through pain
An A here
An E there
Two kids carving trees in a lane
I hope this brightens your day!
~ Ashwin
Los Angeles, 8/23
Hey Ashwin,
that was so sweet. Thank you for that fun limerick. there are also maple trees at my school. Maybe I'll carve one. For us.
Ellie :)
Boston, 8/27
Dear Ellie,
Just wrote something! I hope it brightens your day.
One hot summer day
A trip for frozen yogurt
A Forever friendship
~ Ashwin
Los Angeles, 8/30
Hi Ashwin,
Of course I would never forget the day we met. you couldn't even finish your frozen yogurt! Btw I already have 3 projects worth 50 % of my grade, can you believe it? I did make a few friends though so yay me, Oh, I was just rereading the haiku, you made a mistake! A forever friendship has 6 sylables : )
Which reminds me, remember when we played that game of not stepping over the crack in the sidewalk! It's funny, because now playing this game helps me get to class faster. i did have to change the rules a little because I'm not always walking on a sidewalk.
Also, I know your birthday is coming up, maybe I can come over?
Ellie :)
Boston, 9/5
Dear Ellie,
Thank you, that would mean the world to me if you came over! I'll book a flight for Sept 11. We will have so much fun,
~ Ashwin
Los Angeles, 9/7
Dear Ellie,
I'm so, so sorry. This was all my fault. I wish there was a way to make it up to you.
~ Ashwin
Los Angeles, 9/12
Dear Ellie,
It's been months since we've talked. I don't know what to do anymore. Every day I see maple trees. I went to the botanical garden yesterday. On your birthday.
I had frozen yogurt.
I looked through my phone, through the photos. The memories.
I walked around.
Things just aren't the same without you.
~ Ashwin
Los Angeles, 11/25
Dear Ellie,
This will be the last letter I write for you.
I know you will never read this but... I wrote a poem for you
I'm at your apartment. Gathering the letters I sent you. Our photo has gathered dust. I still remember the last thing you had said to me. See you soon.
You lied. I didn't know at the time, but you lied. I was watching the news when I saw the plane crashing. I lost you.
Death is quite unfamiliar to me. The pain of losing someone. People say it gets easier as time goes on, but it doesn't. At the beginning, I would open my messages to see if someone- no, if you had sent something, realizing what I was doing only too late.
Every so often I read over the letters you sent back to me. I can practically recite every word in every letter. I never realized how horrible your spelling was. Haha.
I went to New York too. I carved a tree there with our initials on it. I saw the Statue of liberty. All alone.
Thank you for being with me. I just wish... it could've been for longer
Why did you leave
I don't understand
The pain
Its hurts to live
Day after day after day
I feel like I've lost a part of myself
You're gone
...but I'm still here
~ Ashwin
Los Angeles, 9/11/2005
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