The bag of books

I carry some of my books, not all of them.
It would be very difficult to do so, and besides,
even though I have bought and cared for those books
I want them to be more than mine, but also shared with them
that share the same amount or more, of care and affection, strong bonds
between myself and the characters, numbers and images printed in those pages.

But besides that, I carry some of my notebooks, not all of them.
It would mean a lot of risk for my notebooks, even if they don't contain as smart words or beautiful images as the books do, but they have my share of characters, numbers and images I have gathered in this life.

But thinking of carrying the books and notebooks over long distances of space,
even if they have already traveled their fare share
demands the imagination of a vehicle
as strong, as big, as safe, as fast,
able to care for them over long distances of space.
Over the infinite space of the universe.