7 Ways to Look at Books

1.

A door to adventure,

a new world at my fingertips.

2.

Felled trees,

reduced to thin slips,

stamped by midnight ink.

3.

Incomprehensible symbols,

One.

After.

Another.

If only I could understand.

4.

Not my life,

Not your life,

Not their life,

but, surely, someone's life.

5.

Spying through the keyhole,

trying to get a glimpse

of someone else.

6.

Beyond the mundane,

Beyond the exciting,

Beyond our universe, lies something new.

7.

Itchy words, an uncomfortable jacket.

Words like a river, carrying me down, through all the twists and turns.

A warm hug of words, a favorite sweater.