Book collections can tell you where you've been

 

Book collections can tell you where you've been

What you've learned, what you've known

Remind you of your values

What you would like passed down

In which bookstore you found them

How you were and who you were with

Decorative or backdrop

Organized and weeded when needed

Those you have not yet read, idle

Those that speak volumes in a title

More alive than on the Internet

Pages much sweeter than webs

But less sticky

More pungent than cellphones

What websites of AI wish they were

Home is where the heart can read

Reassurance when chaos erupts

Distractions when walls are closing in

Entrances into new worlds

Even if you're too lazy to turn the page

Let it go or write it down

Love not a person that ignores it

Aug. 3, 2024