Learning to read opened
a door to a new world
A new life, a new
universe.
A world full of new
realities
New friends, new drama,
new stories
I used to avoid
everyone
Young or old, I had to
get away.
Afraid of conversations
Afraid of saying the
wrong thing
Afraid of saying too
much, resulting in me never saying enough
Books were my safe
place.
A vacation, and a place
to run to when things got bad.
I dove right into a new
life
A world where I had
nothing to avoid
No conversations I had to
contribute to.
Books were, and always
will be, my portal from one reality to the next.
This reminds me of Maya Angelou going silent for several years as a child...she was afraid her words could kill after she outed a man who had attacked her and he was beaten to death. She turned to books, too, as a place where it was okay for her not to speak. I would imagine that, like her, you soaked up so much from these stories you found your solace in.
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