Adecedarian Bookstore

A secondhand corner 
Bookstore – I wonder what book will
Choose to make itself known to me today.
Dust or dialogue,
Extraction or echo,
Full-page or fiction? As I enter the 
Gateway of the fixation of words – I wonder…
How many homes, people, miles you have been
Introduced to, 
Jaunted, or come across? How your 
Kindred-ness has inspired so many – 
Living through pages, with your tree spirit still alive.
Mediator through human madness,
Navigation through understanding,
Openness through touch. With every 
Page turned, how it nourishes a single soul – 
Quantifying. Though each 
Reader finds different meaning with a new word –
Side note. Though my trip 
To the bookstore is coming an end – You are truly the spitting image of what 
Universal unification exudes – of what humans allow, that is.
Verso, ending where another can begin again. To find new meaning 
Worldwide to create their own place.
Xeric plant from the seed planted – Foundation. As I walk outside,
Yellow birds flying together, and how
Zen harmonizes the day.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2026

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