Reading Is Life

• Aiyana Forrest , Grade 8
• Poetry
• 2015

Reading is like nothing else.
It's starting and finishing it in the same day,
It's late night and poor eyesight.
Reading is crying over dying characters,
It's one true pairings and obsessions with characters,
It's too many books and too little time.
Reading is plot holes and empathy and NOTPs,
It's waiting years for the whole series,
It's being poor and having full bookshelves.
Reading is searching and finding golden treasures,
It's never enough and a deep satisfaction,
It's rereading your favourite book ten times over.
Reading is believing in the people places and things.
Reading is a part of who I am.