
Pick up a book and you will find
A way to leave this world behind
You can instantaneously
Tour the world, traverse the sea
Fall in love, when unaware
Sense the touch of one not there
Laugh till tears stream down your face
Or weep when life is left to waste
There’s books that help our souls to heal
Where wounds excised will soon reveal
How words and writing can be cure
Connections made, that do endure
We learn that even miles apart
Shared passions live deep in our hearts
Now through this poem I am pleading
Please do not dampen love of reading
We should not ban books from our youths
That dialogue of thorny truths
Instead we’ll learn much better coping
When those books and minds are open!
We’ve come so far from darkest ages
When we revere our hallowed pages
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