Choosing a Book
CHOOSING A BOOK
Every book in the profusion on our shelves
Tells a story that invites us to engage
Draws us with wonderment to turn the page
But yet more, recounts some truths about ourselves
Seeking new diversion for the darkening hour
I surveyed the library for my selection
Saw named categories - large and small confections
And discerned the genres readers most devour
Not of endless peace and love to lull the mind
Nor of sweetness and of light the favoured theme
Though we claim to yearn for heaven as our dream
For the longest row of books was labelled: CRIME
While we may deplore environments precarious
They provide us with an endless fascination
(In observing this I make no deprecation)
We embrace them if not first hand then vicarious
Thus let’s not choose total safety as our vice
With an anaesthetic cloud the chosen medium
That could be a state of unrelenting tedium
Since the food of souls requires a dash of spice
For the human spirit has a deep desire
For adventure and a life that is replete
With challenges and perils to defeat
And become the hero that we would admire
3 May 2021
Copyright © Geoffrey Brewer | Year Posted 2021
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