Leaps and Bounds

Realization

For the first time in years

I was able to be relaxed

And read half a book

Without being distracted

A full two hours

Immersed in words on a page

Submerged in the meaning

Of the story, so engaged

Engulfed in the characters

And the visions portrayed

Feeling their passion

Getting lost in the page

A feeling so inexplicable

Took over my soul

Something I haven’t experienced

Finally made me feel whole

Amazing how reading

Can intrigue your brain

Ridding all that surrounds you

Forgetting all the pain

A magical sense of peace

Takes over my being

Who would have thought

Such a simple task like reading

Accomplishing a goal

I never thought was possible

An indescribable feeling

Achieving what was once the impossible