I Want To Be The Book You Are Reading
I want to be the book you are reading Lying flatly on your table like a spreadsheet While you flip over through my pages like a voracious reader Gazing down at me with an unequaled attention Carefully grasping every bit of knowledge embedded in me. I want to be the book you are reading Offering you moments of delight occasionally Serenading your mind Fiddling with your emotions Like a child to a toy Rendering to you, the sour sweet experiences of the universe Until you run out of capacity and shed incessant tears from a place of pain and relief I want to be the book you are reading Leaving you with an overwhelming intensity till you feel awash and experience a mental coitus Bringing you to a chasm between this world and the one beyond I want to be the book you are reading Encapsulated in gloss, dressed in your obsessions The one that’s worth ditching the night’s sleep for Indulging you to keep a vigil, burning the midnig