Lost Pages

Looking on as the books

Fell from the trees

Pages literally fell

Right at our knees

Page numbers and titles

Chapter 22 is the one that fell next to me

Something about a zoo

Reading it was complicated

I didn’t have a clue

As we gathered around

And waited for them to fall

We ran as quickly as we could

Before the rain did make us stall

Oh dry up clouds

Wipe away your tears

Hold on for another while

We haven’t got years

As it passed over

We ran to rescue

What we could

Hoping we had got them all

We thought we surely should

As we took them in doors

And lay them on the desk

The washed up pages

Just looked like a huge mess

Leaving them to dry

Returning to figure them out

We finally put them where they belonged

Even after all the whines and shouts

Back together like a jigsaw puzzle

Each in its own place

All except for the final page

Not a single trace

Not knowing what to do now

We asked for professional help

Asking if anyone knew the book

It turns out it hadn’t been published yet

We hunted down the owner

We finally found them

They told us of the gust of wind

That dragged it away along with the pen

They told us that the final page had not been written yet

So we were astonished to read it when

They finally finished it

It said only for the tree of books

And the children who rescued me

I wouldn’t be amongst you all

I have them to thank you see

It is in their presence I am here

Only for their tender care

I wouldn’t be sitting on book shelves

If the children were not there