A Stack of Parchment

Chapter 4

I fell in love with a stack of parchment With beautiful tattoos of ink Hundreds of pages glued together It was my missing link I fell in love with some words on paper It had an old and dry feel The words connected it all together And the cover was its seal I fell in love with every paragraph Every chapter which I saw The story with its colour The emotions felt so raw I stayed in love when it was over The words I had read through They still warmed my sobbing heart And I stayed it true I’m still in love with the parchment And the tattooed words on white Even though we’re not together anymore I’ll use it as my light There is a monster in every book It’s hiding as a friend It’s not the one slain by the hero It’s the blank page at the end -By Kira Hawthorn