If I were a poem

I recently published a little book of poems called 'Are These Poems or an Overshare?' on the Googleplay store, this is my favourite one and I hope you enjoy :)

If I were a poem

If I were a book

Who'd want to browse the words inside?

Who would want to look?

Ink smeared on the page

All pages once damp

Rain water, spills and tears

Coffee ring stamped

Some pages are damaged

A few more lost to nasty storms

Some of the corners are folded

Some taped up from being torn

The binding is cracked

From love or poor handling

Some of the sentences run too long

And verge on rambling

But the story is one of a kind

One that no one else can tell

It’s not well formatted or edited

Perhaps that’s why it never sells

But if I were a poem

Or if I were a book

I'm sure there are those out there

Who would want to look

We all have our stories

We all have hidden pains

Hidden in sentences and pages

Where unspoken words have claim

Because there likely is somebody

Someone else who understands

Who can read cryptic language

And hold that book with steady hands

There are those out there

Whose story reads like your own

With an empty spot on their bookshelf

For that book of yours to call home

Just because your book is damaged

Doesn't mean no one will look

The writer crafts the story

The reader loves the book

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