I have fallen in love
I have fallen into a hopeless
Maddening love
The kind of love that awakens butterflies in your stomach
And sends tremors to your fingertips
Oh!
Oh I have fallen in love!
And silly old me
Simply being myself!
I have fallen in love with a story!
The story of a madman in a box
An impossible girl
And a river and a pond
The story of a sad man
All alone in his head
With a cheerful doctor by him
And a pathologist on the side
The story of a boy with a scar
And a man with no name
And a red head and a bright girl
With a fat orange cat
And a world of witches and wizards
Oh!
Oh I have fallen in love!
I have fallen in love with the story of a boy whose name is a number
And a girl who is brave and selfless
Living in a world divided
The story of a bird
Who had the courage to defy her rulers and fly
And love a baker
And her best friend
The story of a host
And the voices she hears from her victim
And the love she feels for a boy she's never met
And I pity the man!
The man who can read
But chooses not to!
Oh how I pity thee!
For he is blind to the worlds that sit patiently
Collecting dust
And I pity the girl
Who couldn't read a single word
Oh how I wish I could teach her
And open her eyes to those worlds!
But above all else
I pity the person who reads
But who's eyes are not opened
The one who doesn't see
The raw emotion and pain
That surrounds the tales
But until the boy and the girl read
And the blind person can see
I will continue my Great Romance
My never ending romance
With the printed words
And fictitious characters
And other worlds
Oh how I have fallen in love!
YOU ARE READING
For the Love of Literature
PoetryOh my gosh, I am such a nerd for writing this! A lovely poem about my love for books and British TV shows (as dramatic and geeky as it sounds). I've written a lot of little hints as to what the book/show is, and if anyone can get the "Great Romance"...