Compelling words
A poem
Yet once again I am home
Finally!
Yes
indeed
with books all around me
with a new library membership
in a new country!
with air to breathe & new words
gathering of ideas & history of
society, the culture I long to know
an archived treasure I now have the key to
I have everything I need!
these books are hard-won
a light into the past era
reaching into the depths of reeking
smart, intellectual, loving, hurtful, cherished souls
stories of war, destruction, difficulty
with the hope to reshape the world
and bring back the certainty they once knew!
as I read the words from the book
I felt my heart rolling with excitement
outgrowing all the other joys of life I know!
Nothing close to this feeling, nothing compared
to this feeling of unlocking a treasure chest of words
I live to read and the words ignite a fire in me, I can’t douse!
