Thoughts

16.

I never knew how a book could impact someones life.

Reading was once a chore

something that seemed so..... boring

I never understood

people were so obsessed with one book

or a series

It amazed me at how they could pick it up so easily

never losing interst

even after reading it for the hundredth time

They were not my friend

Books were my enemy

I would pick them up, look at them, set them aside, and forget all about them

leave them to collect dust on a long shelf

keeping all of the wonderful words

the adventurous, empowering, emotional story's

hidden from my little world

until i was forcefully thrown into this mysterious, foreign land

until i found you

you came and took my mind on an adventure

left me in my feels at times

and when it was all over

left me wanting more

it was hard to put you down

i guess it also didn't help that i needed a distraction

and you were the perfect one

i learned

i hoped

i cried

i got upset

i got weird looks every time i reacted to something

but i didn't care

you changed me

made me see how powerful you really are

you let me experience what i could not understand

i had found the reason

the reason so many read and why they read

why books were encouraged

i saw how a book,

a single book,

the right book, could impact a persons life