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i do not read to lock myself away or to hide nestled between printed pages a book is not an escape because i don't read to forget why my heart is shattered or to chase away the eyes that haunt me at night a book is not an escape i do not read to be transported from this world to another leaving it all behind a book is not an escape i do not read with the intention to laugh or to cry or to fall in love with the ideals of a lie a book is not an escape i do not read for the wings words give me or the ability to breathe under waves a book is not an escape i do not read to be able to feel or to get wiser (a contradiction) or to be free or captured in the bars created by adjectives a book is not an escape i only read to be me
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Jul 13, 2014
Jul 13, 2014 at 4:18 AM UTC
a book is not an escape
i do not read to lock myself away or to hide nestled between printed pages a book is not an escape because i don't read to forget why my heart is shattered or to chase away the eyes that haunt me at night a book is not an escape i do not read to be transported from this world to another leaving it all behind a book is not an escape i do not read with the intention to laugh or to cry or to fall in love with the ideals of a lie a book is not an escape i do not read for the wings words give me or the ability to breathe under waves a book is not an escape i do not read to be able to feel or to get wiser (a contradiction) or to be free or captured in the bars created by adjectives a book is not an escape i only read to be me
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Jul 13, 2014
Jul 13, 2014 at 4:18 AM UTC
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