Friday, December 25, 2020

borrowed books

i have a few books
on my shelf
that are borrowed.

favorites that were promised
to be returned,
but weren't.

do they wonder where they are?

every time i pick one up
i want
to give them back.

but don't.

for if i did, i might forget
the hand
that let me borrow them
to read,

and in returning them,
perhaps,
they too would forget 
all about me.

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