Classicmister

Words

They lie entombed within their covers

On sequenced pages grouped by chapters

Flanked by the title’s spine

Embossed sometimes with gold

To show the subject and the author

These words remain but printed symbols

Frozen until their meaning is revealed 

And brought to life

By the mind’s interpretation and conversion

From cypher into meaning

The dormant words when woken reveal

By the unique arrangement of but twenty- six symbols

The author’s thoughts, descriptions and beliefs

To captivate  by storytelling

Or to educate by the imparting of knowledge

The views and wisdom of the ages

Preserved in ink and lying latent

Until deciphered and channelled to the reader’s

Understanding and pleasure

Even after death the written word remains

A lasting testimony and memorial to the author’s time on earth

Preserved when all memories of his life are long forgotten

By his successors

The written word lives on to eternity

To be needed and enjoyed by even those as yet unborn