I am book

I am a helpless book

I wonder how I got here

I hear the laughter of children as I sit on the shelf,alone

I see the children choosing challenging books, but not me

I want to be a favorite book to a lonely child

I am HOPE

I pretend to be okay when I'm not

I feel the wind of children running past me

I touch only the hands of outcast children as I am their favorite

I worry that I will be forgotten on this shelf of misery

I cry when I am torn by children who do not even read me

I am a whole other world

I understand my place in life

I say nothing as I have nothing to say

I dream to be everybody’s favorite

I try to free myself like a dog in a cage

I hope to find someone to love me

I am LONLEY

Author's Note

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