Reading, surely must be

A form of magic

Only the power of the

Mind can unlock.

It is freedom, adventure

Wonder, a journey,

Apart from any other.

It is living in your own head

For a day, a week, two weeks, a month.

It is getting to know

People who don’t

Exist. It is

Loving them anyway.

It is friendship, love, anger, fear,

Happiness, sadness, betrayal, all between

These pages, words you only ...

The room was cold,

‘As cold as ice’ the girl would say.

And the boy would smile,

He would smile because he knew

The girl just wanted to be held.

And he would hold her,

Until their combined body heat

Made the bed feel like a sauna.

Still, she would say she was cold.

Never did she want him to let go....