Goodbye

Decaying pages 

Collecting dust  

Those written rages 

Forgotten lusts 

Sit alone 

Abandoned 

You can't condone 

A rotting end

Yet here we are 

As books 

Are marred 

And stories shook 

Worlds collapse

Destroying heroes 

Insidious traps

And vivid woes 

Goodbye, old book

Now is the time 

To take one last look 

And crumble away to grime 

Author's Note

Goodbye, old book

Reviews

[Felecia]

Oh my goodness nooooo. *sadly waves* good-bye old book. This poem is amazing! I feel to me that is discribes a story, that's short, but somehow long. It tells the tale of how loved this book was. How much someone cared for it, untill it was time for it to go and crumble to nothing. Great poem. Loved it.

[Rhea752]

it's why we have digital backing these days :)

[Felecia]

Yeah, well fair enough aha, but I prefer real books ;)

[Rhea752]

yes i do too :P i have a Kindle in my room that is collecting dust

[Felecia]

I have a Kobo that my mom has now claimed as her own XD

[Aianarie (INACTIVE)]

Very interesting concept. Was not what I was expecting; I was pleasantly surprised. :-)

(I had to repost this review because it was causing message errors on my side.)

[Rhea752]

Thank you for the reviews!!! :)

[Heromen Selena]

This made me really sad! I hate goodbyes. I'm never good at them. But you did good at the poem :)

[Rhea752]

Thx :)

[Tai Ryens]

How I wish I were a worn out, olden book rather than dusted remains of what was once myself.

[Rhea752]

Thank You for the reviews :)

[Lina Grey]

Everyone has a story. A history, a growing book of knowledge and experience. Sometimes I see people, about their daily lives, and I wonder who they are, where they came from, and where they're going. But it seems like most people don't care much about the stories others have to share. They are too busy in their own lives, and are perfectly content saying goodbye to "old books". It's kind of sad, I think, and I think your poem represents that beautifully, the remorse over losing an old book to time. It reminds of a story I read once, in which a young girl needed to interview an adult, but the only person who would agree was her seemingly boring history teacher, who turned out to have more to share than she ever imaginged. This poem and that story both show the importance of remembering the past and the beautiful memories worth reliving. This is gorgeous penning. Thank you.

[R.O.M.E.T.S.I.]

I love this poem. It can relate to so many things. Some days I feel like I'm in a worn book, and one day it will be set down and never reopened. Very nice.

[Rhea752]

To me I was talking about peoples lives. How we can just sit back and be contented with watching them fade into oblivion. But I couldn't seem to find the words to say that in a poem so I wrote about the subject in the form of a book instead. Thank You for the review :D

[R.O.M.E.T.S.I.]

Absolutly.

[Sarah W. French]

This is beautiful!

[MOON]

Flowing beautiful ode to the book

[Amanda]

I really like this, nice job

[Rhea752]

Thank You :P