Books

The black font on the pages,


know how to take me from reality.

And into the lives of my characters.



With books I've been everywhere

From India to a foreign place

called Summer Land.

I've been to London and NYC.

I've traveled to kingdoms

And escaped Hell.



The life I live in books

give me relief to the life I live.



The like I make in writing,

show a life I'd rather live.



I'd rather be a princess

escaping a murderous king.

A defiant teen boy

Who runs away from home.

A heroine who shoots a bow

with skills undeniable.

A kind in a raging war

with a powerful queen.



My story was not one made for books.

My being was made to visit these places.



I continue to read books

as if tomorrow was my last day.



In fact I've hears of a life

where books don't exist...

(I would have gone insane)



Books help you escape reality.

And if I could –

I'd shrug off reality

and put on the glimmering coat

Of fantasy.