A good book is like a friend! One, on whom I can depend!
When I open up a book and really take the time to look,
Words of wisdom, I can find! Sometimes words are very kind!
The first page is a new beginning...sometimes aren't at all forgiving!
I can listen, as I read and learn! More and more, I do yearn!
For books relate, how others feel....little things, they don't conceal!
Fiction? No! It's not for me! I need the facts, to let me be,
In tune, with another one...to make me understand and come,
A little closer, to his heart...books and I must never part!
I'll learn a lot, but there'll be times, when I won't settle, for these
rhymes!
But, this is who the author must be...I'll respect his word...he must
be
free!
An open mind! An open book! I'll learn, each time I dare to look!
Books of every kind, I'll see....just like people....you and me!
All quite different! So very unique! Special, when I truly seek!
I enrich my life, with these pages...words of wisdom, from other ages!
Wise men's words...always there...quotations, remind me about what's
fair!
Visions....dreams....once fresh and new...now passed on, to quite a
few!
I will take the time to look...to open up a special book!
Don't give me expensive things! Give me books and I'll grow wings!
There'll never be enough years to read, all of the words I cherish
and
need!
The kinds of books, that I try to find...will tell you much, about
my mind!
Titles cannot ever conceal, what I think, or how I feel!
An intricate machine, my mind will file, important words, that last
awhile,
What I read, will be who I am! I must choose wisely, if I can!
With worthwhile text, I will grow....a little wiser, for I'll know,
More about, what authors said....through their books, I can be led!
Please let my mind and eyes stay bright.... until,
I've read every book, here on my hill!
Pauline Banning
W3-965-97-D10
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