Leaves

The feeling of belonging overwhelms me
Severus Snape is the bravest person of all
'Bang goes saucepan man'
'Luke I am your father'.

An old musty smell follows me again,
knowledge inks into my brain,
like a tap filling a glass.

Never may I feel complete
universe inside my pages,
So I honour the honourable book.

It is the worth of every life itself,
as well as the feeling of continuity
all together, joy, warmth and sense of belonging,
but reader after reader, these words
are falling like oil from a rag.