Say it properly.
This one doesn't ask them for anything. That's the point of it.
No "but". If your sentence has a "but" in it, it isn't an apology,
it's a defence. Write the thing itself and stop there.
Not a promise. Just what you've actually understood.
One line under each fold. Leave any blank and we'll use ours.
Typed words can be edited a hundred times. A voice can't. This is the part they'll believe.
sign with your finger
Goes at the bottom of the note.
WRITE WHAT YOU DID FIRST
LEFT FOR YOU
folded up small
No notification, no fanfare. Someone just left this here for you.
TAP TO PICK IT UP
BEFORE YOU OPEN IT
This doesn't ask you for anything.
There's no button at the end that makes it fine. You can close it now and that is a complete and reasonable thing to do.
FOUR FOLDS
open it, corner by corner
WITHOUT DRESSING IT UP
I said something I can't take back, and then I let it sit for four days.
That's it. That's the whole thing, no softer version of it.
AND WHAT I UNDERSTAND NOW
You shouldn't have had to explain why it hurt. I should have worked that out on my own.
I'm not going to promise you anything here. Promises are cheap on a webpage.
AND OUT LOUD
FROM SOMEONE
0:000:00
No edits, no second take.
YOUR CALL
However you
actually feel.
All three of these are real answers. None of them is the wrong one.
THEY'LL SEE THIS
Okay.
That's more than I was expecting, and I'm not going to pretend otherwise.
WRITTEN BY SOMEONE, FOR YOU
alright.
It'll still be here later.
Nothing expires, nobody gets told you closed it. Come back to it whenever, or don't.
ONE SMALL THING, SINCE THEN
Not a promise. Just something that's already true.