Words of a Dead Man

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Words give you nothing.

Sentences in nice little lines

give you feeling.

Paragraphs taking up space

give you anticipation.

Chapters fill the spaces left blank

and give you promises.

Books nice and neat give you hope.

Endings the hardest part of anything

take it all away.

When the last page is written.

What happens after the happy endings?

If there isn't a happy ending.

Why?

As the pages turn slowly to ash.

Who is left to sweep up the memory?

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