Carol's Dream

In Carol's dream she walks for too long down a driveway, where a mailbox awaits her key. Inside, one letter, from her father who has been in heaven the past decade. She notes the hand-written address, cancelled four-cent Lincoln stamp, blue. The half-speed pace of Carol's dream continues as she turns the envelope over to the back. There, a red heart seal pins down the triangle point. Her father was a man of few words who traveled on his job. In Carol's dream, she only knows the letter she cannot open would answer all her questions.