Confusion rages
from the noise of the television,
the stereo,
the computer,
the traffic outside,
the dog barking in the yard,
the neighbor's vacuum cleaner roaring
through shrill sirens racing to another emergency
as the boom box on the sidewalk resonates
and shakes the fillings in my teeth.
Unperturbed,
I lay down silently with my quiet companion,
opening the leaves
that submerge
into a forest of light green words,
small seeds
ready to plant
in an eager heart
fertile with the thirst for knowledge.
This is the journey of a reader.
copyright, 2008, Loretta Kelly
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