The hard cover story

waiting to be read.

As I open the heavy book

the bright pages blind me

my eyes find clarity through my glasses

my eyes readjust to the non-fiction.


Each word resonates an emotion in me.

Happiness.

Love.

Peace.


The pages begin to unfold

Individually so thin

so light

But yet together create a lifetime.


Each chapter of this coiled non-fiction

is a surprise.

As I read on I do not know what to expect.

Deaths

Births

Smiles


The thick binding an accumulation

of all the chapters touching.

Spanish songs vibrate in my heart.

French foods indulge my eyes.

Italian images invite me.


As I lay reading the non-fiction

I realize that those words

Pages

Chapters

And binding

Are my story

The ever so exciting book that

I hope to continue

writing.