I Fall In

By Ember Belnap

Settled on the couch I open you

Ready to be transported somewhere new

I let my eyes settle upon the printed words

Waiting to see what the next page holds

I fall in

A weight lifting 

My anxious thought always a swarm 

Now diminishing

Fleeting like rain after a storm

I fall in

So excited to be here and not home 

Here I am free to be whatever I want

Here I feel free to roam

No pressure pulling me taut 

I fall in 

I know the time is moving fast

Wishing I could stay forever 

But knowing it will not last

I feel the connection sever

I try to keep hold but my mind slips 

I get pulled into the cold 

but my hand still grips

Those precious pages

And there I sit

Wishing I could fall in again