On Reading

An ode to a disappearing life style

On Reading

Voyages ‘pon seas

Of ink and tide

On journeys

O’er oceans wide

In time transported

By imagination ferried

To exotic ports and 

To treasures buried

Made of paper and page

A fragile craft

No more than a hand span 

From fore to aft

But a transport no less…

Through both space and time

Crewed only by a lone

…And inquisitive mind…

Author's Note

It's about reading