The Author is you

New chapter 

New verse

Let's be rid 

Of the curse

Of a story gone bad

One filled with hate

One you must close

Before it's too late

Before you lose faith

Before you lose self

Before you are lost

Put this book on the shelf

It's not your story

It's not your time

Those you read about

They were not your crime

So grab a new novel

A new life indeed

Crack this one open

Look at it and read

Read of your heart

And how it wants you

To be the example

To always stay true

Read how you desire

To be honest with life

Not betraying companions

With a backstabbing knife

This book is your own

You can write it today

Just close the old crap 

And put it away

You thought it was something

You wanted to live

But it took way too much 

Than you ever could give

It left you done reading

All shattered and broken

Used and ignored

A throw away token

Don't take those words

From the book you now hate

And define yourself with them

They carry no weight

So a new book is written

And the author is you

Make love the topic

With the main character as you

Forget the last book

And how poorly it was written

Let it decay on the shelf 

All moth and flea bitten

You have a new life

And it is found in this book

Open it and live it

Give it a good look

Your heart writes the words

And the words are your deed

Make each person say

This is a very good read

It's your book 

It's your story

Do it all 

For God's 

Glory