be gentle by Liv Chalmers

don’t let him bend the spine of your book

you deserve preservation.

no folded corners, your pages are fragile;

you do not deserve to be read

in indignation.

This poem features in the collector’s edition of Liv’s debut poetry collection ‘serendipity’. Check out Liv’s website for all the details of how to purchase her collections: https://lcwrites.webnode.com/