You lay there undefended
Waiting in anticipation
For the next to pick you up
To open up your tomb
From cover to cover
To blow the dust away
A volume
Of untold riches
And long-forgotten powers
Daring to hope
That you could hold the answers
The solutions to life's greatest questions
Your hardbound jacket
Leisurely peeling from ancient battles
Protecting your priceless knowledge
Of freedom and of pain
The creaks of ancient binding
Cracking in the soundless air
From centuries of abandonment
