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PROLOGUE

"She has a bookshelf for a heart,

and ink runs through her vein,

she'll write you into her story,

with the typewriter in her brain,

her bookshelf's getting crowded,

with all the stories that she'd penned,

of the people who flicked through her pages,

but closed the book before the end,

and there's one pushed to the very end,

that sits collecting dust,

with its title in her finest writing,

"The One's Who Lost My Trust",

there's books she's scared to open,

and books she doesn't close,

stories of every person she's met,

stretched out in endless rows,

some people have only a sentence,

while other ones held a main part,

thousands of inky footprints,

that they've left across her heart,

you might wonder why she does this,

why write of people she once knew?

But she hopes one day she'll mean enough,

for someone to write about her too.

-e.h. "

I close the book in slow motion and hold it to my chest. I trace the back cover of the book with my thumb, the gold lettering tickling my finger: "If you can't be the poet, be the poem". I imagine the poet writing the poem about me, each word thoroughly chewed, carefully tasted before being spitted out in blobs of ink. I imagine myself dancing around in his head, the reason for such magnificent words. My thoughts are suddenly interrupted when I hear my name downstairs.

"Coming!" I shout, throwing the book on top of my overflowing suitcase, closing the top and forcing the zipper shut. I fling the suitcase from my bed, ignoring the fact that it now has a big bulge where I squished in the book.

Once outside the door, I turn around to take a last glance at my bedroom, before I slowly close the door behind me.

See you soon, I think, but for now it's goodbye.

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Fellow wattpadders,

I have created this wattpad story just to explore and be creative with words, characters and imagination.

I find it very intriguing that I have all the power to control your imaginations, whether it be the way you imagine my characters look like, or even just the setting or tone of voice when my characters speak. (Isn't it amazing?? I can literally kill off a character right now - should I so wish ;) ) THIS IS HONESTLY SO MUCH FUN!!

I however hope that you find this book interesting and relatable, enjoying the way in which my characters and story line develop.

:)

If you liked this poem, go and check out more of Erin Hanson's poems at:

http://thepoeticunderground.com

Feel free to comment and correct any errors that I may have made. I do read for reads, so just post the book you'd like for me to have a read through and I'll do so.

Xxx

Lollap0t