Novel Romance

Ninetta DeBoni

I am built like a bookcase;

meaning, despite all the words

stuck between my oak-shelf teeth,

I will still struggle to say

‘I love you.’

Even with all the scripts

and lines tucked tight

in my hollow chest,

I will not always tell you

what you want to hear.

Yet, in spite of everything,

I will let you take

a chapter or two

of our story home with you

for safekeeping.

All I ask is that you read

the pages out loud

when I am away so

you know that I

will always

love you.