What a Book can do

Sometimes people ask me

Why I love to read books.

I would like you to see

Now come and take a look.

A book can be a friend

When you're feeling alone

And you want to relax

In your own happy zone.

Reading is a virtue

Not a vice or a sin.

It’s something to pursue

Not something you can win

A book can transform you

Into something you're not.

A king, a celebrity

Or even a robot.

A book is a gateway

To fictional places

Where you can dream and play

Across time and spaces

A book is an escape

From a cruel reality

You use it as a cape

Of fun and fantasy

A book can make do

Everything or nothing.

It’s always there for you

To read about something.

A book makes you imagine

About things that aren't real.

Visual Illusions

That truly make you feel.

It was my shield at times

When I was called a nerd.

A notion that I find

Completely absurd.

A book is a scroll

Full of sacred knowledge.

To help you out in school

And all throughout college.

When my head has worries

And I need a place to hide

I still have the stories

Somewhere deep inside.

A book can train the mind

Like whetstone to a sword.

So much knowledge to find

You will never get bored.

Next time you ask me

What a book can do

I have a thorough list

Here waiting for you.