Books

By: Alexandra Miller

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.