++Dear john

Dear John,
it's been almost five years
since l wrote a letter with
an actual pen
on an actual sheet of paper.
But l thought maybe l could
write you now and tell you
all that's happened
since l saw you last.
A few weeks
after you showed up here,
Tim received
an anonymous donation.
A donation that was enough
to give him
what the insurance
companies wouldn't:
Time.
Time to finally come home.
Time to spend with his son.
Time to say goodbye.
The problem with time,
l've learned,
whether it's those first two weeks
l got to spend with you
or those final two months
l got to spend with him,
eventually time always runs out.
l have no idea where you are
out there in the world, John.
But l understand that l lost the right
to know these things long ago.
No matter how many years go by,
l know one thing
to be as true as it ever was.
l'll see you soon, then.