amanda lovelace
in one of our many worlds existed a girl who couldn't handle how very sad & confusing life could be, so she approached one of her many overstuffed bookshelves, got up on her tippy-toes, & pleaded to the dozens of warped & well-loved spines, "i want nothing more in this world than to be one of you." miraculously, the books listened. they more than listened. from that day on, they took her in & raised her as one of their own. each night while she was supposed to be sleeping, the girl's new family scribbled her into fairy tales about princesses & witches & even her favorite fantastical creature: mermaids.
she thought she had finally found where she belonged.
it turned out she was dead wrong.
her first mistake?
thinking she could magic up a home made out of other people.
she's been her own sanctuary all along.
do you
ever
find
yourself
nostalgic
for
the person
you never
got to
be?
you might not be able to tell just by looking at her, but she's survived things that would defeat most. (believe me, she knows exactly how bad it can get.)
if you're questioning how she laughs so freely, then know that you're in the presence of a woman who refuses to let the past win.
ever.
"maybe
i'm not
the book you
dog-ear &
keep with you
always,"
the girl
murmured,
pulling her sleeves
over her
hands.
"maybe
i'm the book
you forget
to bookmark
and leave
on the train."