Books
everywhere,
open one
and hear the sounds of
a market in Cairo.
Open one
and smell the crisp air
of the mountains.
Open one
and see the torrential rain in London.
Open one
and feel the passion of two lovers.
Open one
and share in the thoughts,
the ideas
of a criminal.
Open one
and take a journey,
go on a trek,
travel by map, or page
follow a dream
foil a plot,
solve a mystery,
travel to a place
that may not even exist.
Open one
and experience,
live,
love,
laugh,
die,
taste,
smell,
feel,
hear,
see,
let down the barriers of your mind
and allow these to wash over you,
knocking you back,
enticing you to read on,
and all from one spot in the library.