Pages, pages, pages

There's something about 
opening a book for the first time
and letting it introduce itself 
to you slowly,
through thought,
and touch,
and the glorious smell of the pages
an uncracked spine, so lovely 
maintained despite years of 
use and wear and tear and yellowed
pages still doing their job perfectly
telling stories
sharing fantasies 
never allowing the real world to press
in and break the illusion.
Who doesn't love a good book?