I fall in love with every book character

The ones I read about

The ones I write

All of them seem so much better

Than the real boys

They don’t hurt me

They don’t leave me

Even the bad boys and troubled ones

Give me the comfort I seek

In between the lines of my books

I hold these characters dearly

The ones that make me feel alive

The ones that make me feel wanted

But at the end of the day

When I close my book

And put it away

I realize…

It was all an illusion