The Dead Letter Office

A different time and place

I often pause to contemplate
Life the way it was.
It seems a different place and time,
We did things “just because.”

Wages were extremely low
But everything was cheap.
The whole world seemed a safer place,
And most people earned their keep.

We used a simple pen and paper
To write letters to our friends.
But everything has changed since then
In our communication trends.

No one had computers then
Except the privileged few.
Email just did not exist,
Tweet was what birds do.

I remember sending letters
To penpals far away,
Sometimes a name or address was wrong
And letters went astray.

If mail was not delivered
Or a recipient not found,
It went to the “Dead Letter Office,”
To track the owner down.