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Behind closed doors

Please,

Take a seat

Sit comfortably,

Pick up a book

Make yourself at home

Can you see me through the telephone wire?

 

I am waiting for your call

 

READ

Get lost,

Between the pages

Fall asleep

Dream

Dream about those pages –

 

I wrote for you

 

WAKE UP

Leave that seat-

Come into the other room

I am here, waiting.

The curtains are...

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