04-02-2018, 03:35 AM
Don't Judge a Book by Its Cover
I don't even believe in god,
yet she left me her bible:
half the front missing, so the title
becomes "The Holy,"
pages falling out,
but they always seem to be placed back
in the proper order,
the back cover barely hangs on
like someone scared to die alone.
My wife told me notes haunt the margins.
I just don't have the courage to read it,
or to throw it out.
I don't even believe in god,
yet she left me her bible:
half the front missing, so the title
becomes "The Holy,"
pages falling out,
but they always seem to be placed back
in the proper order,
the back cover barely hangs on
like someone scared to die alone.
My wife told me notes haunt the margins.
I just don't have the courage to read it,
or to throw it out.
Time is the best editor.