Grand Libraries -- #SelfCareAugust

"My name is Kiersten Brydie.
I am 21 years old.
I stand 5 feet 11 inches tall.
I have dark skin, coily hair,
and an unnatural obsession with the way words line pages
and turn empty space into grand libraries.

I am a grand library,
and what I've learned is that I have to be my own book keeper.
Dust off old passion pages,
Write new ones when it is time,
And throw out literature that no longer makes me move.

Everyone doesn't deserve a library card.
The devil may come dressed up as the most avid reader,
but I have learned the difference between fiction and reality.

I am learning to stock my bookshelf with more books about me.
I am learning that reading them daily is like watering plants,
necessary for abundant growth.
I am learning to out grow my library.
Finding that fear of knowledge unknown is the only thing that's kept my warehouse so small.

I am moving all my books,
taking all my treasures and relocating to the grandest library.
Not everyone is invited to spend time here.
Some may frequent the old warehouse searching for the new me.
I am busy decorating,
too consumed with finding new words to write new books all about me.

I now understand why tiny librarians take their job so seriously.
They are protecting all they've ever had,
all their stories,
all the poems they've spent nights etching into skin.
So Am I."

-Naturallykbiggie, Grand Libraries