Reading a Good Book | by Samantha Patino

Flipping through the pages

They are sharp-edged and crisp

Every word pressed into the paper with black ink

The smell wafting up fills you with calmness

As you are thrown into the magnificent story  

The world around you blurs

And all of a sudden you are

Fighting monsters, solving mysteries, and throwing magic spells

You are seated alongside the characters

Floating through their world

Page after page

Visiting magical lands

While laying sprawled across your room

Hearing the character’s voices

Watching them dance through your mind

And sometimes watching them fall to the ground

Feeling the pain that they experience

Expressing your happiness as they do

Being surprised at the change of events

Having tears roll down your face

As you grieve for the characters who have died

Closing the cover page

Resting the book on the shelf

Whispering “Goodbye” to your new found friends

And that

Is how you know

You are reading a good book