Lot 15 Letter 37 - 17th of January, 1946

17		January		1946

To: Mrs H.K. Beyer

124, 2nd Avenue, West Reading, Pennsylvania.

From: Herbert Beyer

365 22nd Street, Mount Pennslyvania, Reading.

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1 Nov 45

My Precious Darlings;

You said in today's letter I should be a poet. Don't be silly my darling, poets write beautiful things and see things so clearly because they are old and wise or young and have at some time suffered a horrible hurt. I have neither of these attributes so you see I could never be a poet. I write only things that I see before me related to you.
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Without your precious memory and inspiration I could never write nor could I think, You're my theme, Darling, and once in awhile I can find the words that allow me to express my feelings for you.

Darling, I see you not as a woman, pretty and gay - laughing and having fun. These things we have without thinking and they are shallow and easy to get. I see you as a beautiful thing close to my heart yet so far away from me now.

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My precious;- beauty that is yours is beauty that beats at my heart and soul like a tempest churning a rocky shore - beauty of love and understanding - beauty that can only exist in the heart and soul. People look for it all through their lives - very few find it.

Yes, my Darling I see you now like a far away beacon which I must reach in order to survive - so total in my eyes and mind like blindness and insanity. When we are together again we will have fun - drink and

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laugh - see a beautiful movie and let it take us away completely - we will joke and laugh and enjoy ourselves proper; but our dreams will once again come true, I will live within you and you within me. Our love will be rapturous and serene and you will be so beautiful to me -beauty untouched by worldly things. Only you, my beloved, in all this whole magnificent world. News hasn't reached me yet concerning discharge or shipment. Perhaps next week, pray god. I love you both so very much.

My Love and Kisses
Herb xxo Daddy xxo

Did you know: The word "inst" was a very commonly used abbreviation for the Latin "instante mense" meaning this month.

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