A New World

You look like a normal everyday book
But really, you are a portal to a new world
And when I go to that world a wave of joy engulfs me from your rough, sandy pages.

You are an ocean, deep as can be
Filled with mysterious monsters and new things.
Responsibilities and loss fill my life,
But the world you take me to drowns out the frustration that I hold, constantly sitting on my shoulders.

The reality we live in is full of corruption,
But the world you take me to is filled with adventures at every corner and makes me feel free.
And I know you can’t speak,
But you speak to me.

Just like the world needs water to drink, food to eat and air to breathe
The world we live in needs you.
You are a living library book,
And you will soon go on to a new person,
A surfer, an athlete, a child, anybody,
But for now you are mine.

And in my heart, you will always be my favourite book
You are a remarkable book.