I never seemed to find the time

To sit awhile and read

The dopamine of electric screen

Made me forget the need

Picking up a book again

Feeling it’s weight in my hand

The sense of calm is palpable

I begin to understand

It’s more than just a story

An author’s A to B

It’s a pathway to the soul

To set imagination free

And so it’s here I vow

(Books deserve more than ‘try’)

I’ll make time to read every day

Until the day I die