Close and warm,
Thumbed through,
Smudged and torn-
Held so dear, filled to the brim
With anger, love, sadness, fear,
But lost along the way.
Perhaps on a park bench,
Left out in the cold.
Perhaps it fell, spiraling
Flying open its pages
To the cold hard ground.
Perhaps it was stolen! *gasp*
By some admirer or curious passerby.
But maybe, just maybe
It new its time and place
And thought you needed to grow
And walked away.
Perhaps it had a mind of its own
And thought you needed new white pages
To fill to the brim, to love and grin at
To share your innermost feelings with
And love unconditionally,
Like a child, or a