Books are for Reading

I

The optimum of some soul’s imagination,

A brilliant story unfurls its sails to glide

To creativities undisclosed location.

The ink sketched enthralling words flow like a tide.

Crinkling pages of once breathing ancient tree,

Clutched in eager hand by the glow of the hearthside,

Awaking dreams of leaping the boundary.

 

II

Fantastical spectacles awaiting a glance,

Children cautiously read for fright of a fairy

Who’d change them to a fat pig or a grog perchance?

Thin parchment smelling of saw dust and adventure,

Tales written in scrawled pen of perilous romance.

From the cover creeps out ghouls and brutes and capture

Unwary gold maiden’s eyes blue as the sea, 

while reading read on, the wickedness they lecture.

They’re just plain books you say, but they captivate me.

Author's Note

thanks so much for reading!

Reviews

[zainul]

Another wonderful work.
Love these expressions:
"A brilliant story unfurls its sails to glide"
"They’re just plain books you say, but they captivate me."

[EdenHarper]

thank you again! :) I'm glad you liked it.

[zainul]

You are always welcome.

[Kenneth The Poet]

Very nice.

[EdenHarper]

thanks! :)