Write Myself

[Alic Elliot]

If I could write myself into a book
I'd do so carefully
Blanketing my cover in blue thread
And placing myself on a clean shelf

Let me escape into fantastical worlds
Where lions talk and witches are slain
Where cats appear one stripe at a time
Where "Happily Ever After" is a thing

If I could bring joy to a bored child
Who'd get enthralled in my pages
Reading past bedtime
By the light of the stars

I'd place a price tag on my back
Title myself “The Escapee"
And send myself to stores
To be read and enjoyed

I'd be an adventurer
Who saves the day,
With help of friends,
Who's story never really ends

I'd save those I've lost
Prevent loved ones' pain
Erase my insecurities
And illustrate my days 

I dive into others' worlds
Devouring them with my eyes
But to create one, and be in it
Would be my greatest achievement

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If I could write myself into a book
I would do it in a heartbeat
I'd blanket my cardboard cover in blue thread
And place myself on newly clean shelves

Let me escape into fantastical worlds
Where lions talk and witches are slain
Where cats appear one stripe at a time
Where I could have a happy ending

If I could abandon this world
For a life on a shelf
In libraries, bookstores
Bookshelves in homes

I'd write myself into clean, white pages
Black ink telling the world of me
The Sans-serif font describing my world
Wrapped in a jacket of flimsy cardstock

Slap a price tag on my back
Hold me together with glue
Put a nice title on my spine
And my name of course

I am the author, after all
Reducing myself to words on a page
Or on a screen, for some
And even in an audio file

To write myself into a book
And leave this cruel world behind
Would be a gift, really
To control my world

I could save those I've lost
Prevent loved ones' pain
Erase my insecurities
And illustrate my days 

I escape into others' worlds
Devouring them with my eyes
But to create one, and be in it
That would be absolutely perfect