I'm so needy for you
You are my fix, my remedy
Your scent fills my lungs and makes my heart beat faster with excitement
The thrill of feeling your texture between my fingertips, sometimes rough,
sometimes smooth
Oh your pages filled with vocabulary that stimulates my mind
Books! I need books! I need them so much because they take me away from the pain
The yelling, the screaming, the constant degredation of my being
Over and over again, you are my escape, my refuge
I refuse to let go of you because you make me happy
Sometimes you make me sad but not every story can have a happy ending
I need your binding, your dog-eared pages, your worn cover
to conceal me from the hell I'm supposed to call home
Give me the strength to be who I want to be.
Draper, Olson, Patterson, Poe, Shelley
Science fiction, fantasy, drama, action
Gothic, modern, urban, dystopian
No matter what your pages contain, just take me away,
make me yours
I need you more than I need this air to breathe because you are all I want to breathe in
You've been by my side through thick and thin, a companion more loyal than a pet
Your physical body may fall apart but your words will always be on my heart
Call me a bookworm, a fanatic
But I know that to the ends of the earth, the words will carry on
like a stairway to heaven...or hell, whichever you prefer
These words will carry on like a stairway through the galaxy
Infinite
I need you. I need books in my life more than anything.