Please Turn Over Poem by Lebo Chepape

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(originally written 2016)

You book joy peace life lover
You judge books by the cover
You Read them before you do
You go onto the next without having picked the previous
you look at each cover and let your eyes and thoughts hover

But this one book had your name on it
No this book had your whole life on the cover
Book lover, you felt a rush of fear wrecking your anatomic cover leaving you bare
This books was five novels right on the cover page

rare

The truth on the shelf stripped off your shield

beware

be aware of what's going through your mind, you can't afford to lay judgment on yourself
Not on this book
Take a good look
This book you are taking home
This book is maturity fully grown
This book is everything and a whole lot more
This book is like nothing you've read before
This book is hard cover twenty four seven three sixty five pages and no bore

I heard every book is judged by the cover before its read
And now that you've sentenced the cover
Please turn over

I heard everybody has a chapter they don't read out loud
Now go stand in a quite filled park, in the 'please be quiet' section of the library,
on the table by your favorite spot at you favorite coffee shop

Today you don't behave
Today you walk in and not order a cup of coffee
Today you tell them how you feel
Today book lover you do not behave
Today you stand on the table and rave
Today you don't binge on choc muffins
Today you crave
Today you order the best served flame grilled rage
Today, you rip that cage and leave it on the stage
Open that book and read every word with strength and breath
They've already judged you
But let them know the truth
Let your truth feed on their brain while they sitting at the breakfast table,
While their having saucy lies for lunch and sipping on some gossip juice
While they're walking home
Or sitting right next to you
Let your truth haunt them

Please turn over

Be sure to read beyond the cover. book lover
Please turn each page over read it back to front, front and go back again

Know your truth, that's your power
They can't read you like you read yourself book lover
Read a page and when you done

Please turn over

LEBZ FOREVER
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