"Books"

  A book, I think, is very like
A little golden door
That takes me into places
Where I've never been before.

It leads me into fairyland
Or countries strange and far
And, best of all, the golden door
Always stands ajar

                    -by Adelaide Love

"A Book and A Reader"

the synopsis looked good,
the cover looked nice,
you opened the book,
and began a new life,
you found a new book,
you met some new friends,
you kept on reading,
hoping it would never end,
you danced through the pages, 
you sang out the words,
you felt all their joy,
and all their pain and hurt, 


the pages cut your fingers,
and the words cut your heart,
like the author had a knife,
and was tearing your soul apart,
you laughed with the characters,
and with them you cried,
you fell in love with them, too, 
but with them you died,
and when the book reached its end,
and your heart couldn't heal,
you suddenly realized that,
it's
not
real.