A Friend For Life

I was just a young girl of nine or ten When I found something so special It drew me in and kept me there I was lost in its trance Quietly alone in my imagination I read, my first novel I remember the author Someone unexpected Julie Andrews, and the title was Mandy I can still remember small details Of my first novel, it opened my soul Up to all around me. Enchanting and forever How for oh!, such a short time A story becomes a friend Entwined until it is finished Always sad, aching for more At the conclusion.