Rob Schackne #244 - "I stole a book that told me"

   


        I stole a book that told me
        about the other stolen books
        but they had lost their way...
        I know a few still hang in trees
        some even wait by the seaside

        for clouds to bring a rain of words
        & the wind to caress the last leaves
        they were tired of holding on to
        & perhaps the morning says
        I am tired of this life of crime
        the birds were hard awake
        where I lost my youth.