World Without Books
What would we read?
What would we write?
How would we plead
The tale of our plight?
A world without books
Would be a world without dreams
Unshared and lost
In an ocean of screams.
How would we know
How our brother man feels?
If we could not peruse
His way and his will?
How would we treasure
Another friend's heart?
If we could not read it
We'd stay miles apart.
A world without books
Would be a world without voice
We'd reason in silence
Not seeing a choice.
For books bid us "Come!"
And welcome us home
And allow us to find out
That we're not alone.
©️voo shining stone
aug 22, 08
