Except For to Find Light
For what is writing or reading except for to find light. A window or lantern or lamp to make bright. The words on a page that welcomes you there. Containing a visual idea to be shared. Of intrigue or suspense or a journey through both. To encourage your imagination to wonder and coast. Down long winding roads through portals of time. To swim across channels and find mountains to climb. With characters you meet, without fear or hesitation. From all walks of life and various locations. Inviting you in from the darkness of days. To provide you with friendships that can't be displayed. In everyday scenarios of living day to day. While there's work to be done and bills to be paid. And people who care not for relationships. Unless they are the center of your attentive gifts. For words are the footwork of many a thought. That encourages your mind to believe in what's taught. Ambitions and courage, friendships and love, values of things you have never been part of...