Struggling with wanderlust? Want some adventure in your life? When you're unable to travel physically, travel mentally. The world is just a page away when you pick up a book. Here is a poem that I wrote based on my love of reading:

I turn a page.

The words begin changing until they aren’t merely words anymore.

There are now princesses and castles in their place.

I’m no longer myself; my heart begins to soar.

I am anyone I want to be; I can claim any face.

This is the real me.

I follow the Yellow Brick Road and join the Mad Hatter for tea.

Rapunzel’s Tower looms above me in the sky.

I hear Peter beg Wendy to never say “goodbye.”

I can go anywhere I want.

There is so much more hiding just underneath the font.

I travel through the looking glass and into the woods.

Red is the color of both the queen and the little girl’s hood.

I can fly when Tinkerbelle shares her pixie dust.

Within these pages I find familiarity, friendship, and trust.

This world is an escape; a paradise that only I can see.

Not many others are willing to brave this journey.

These adventures take place within myself

When I’m gone, they wait for me upon a book shelf.

I’ve fallen through the rabbit hole and met Captain Hook

Because I first turned the pages of a book.

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