I sit face to face, the stage set For stories to fill the space Free to meander through my head The voice on the page Leaves nothing unsaid Revealing the reflection of a me That I so dearly want to be Seeing what was once misread Refusing to be so badly misled Sighted on the possibility Of life in step with a golden thread The voice on the page Lifts free and I find myself In every word he said Ready for a fresh first person In my very own new narrative.
The characters lept from the page, she said.ย ย Well sometimes your character gets rewritten as you read with an open mind.