Books Fall Open

Books fall open,

you fall in,

delighted where

you've never been;

hear voices not once

heard before,

reach world on world

through door on door;

find unexpected

key to things

locked up beyond

imaginings.

What might you be,

perhaps become,

because one book is somewhere? Some

wise delver into wisdom, wit,

and wherewithal

has written it,

True books will venture,

dare you out,

whisper secrets,

maybe shout

across the gloom

to you in need,

who hanker for

a book to read.

(David McCord)