The lilac notebook

My secret chamber
is the lilac notebook.
Its hard cover
like a sleepless guardian
keeps the well-locked remains
of a childhood drifted with the wind,
an adolescence like a curt lightning.
Its soft pages
with their nostalgic lavender scent
unfold the untold stories
of a girl too fragile
for the cruel world.
A girl whose shelter
will always be
the lilac notebook.

Maggie