Books

Running through the hills of my imagination
Characters from my aunt and uncles' book shelves
Rafael Sabatini Alexander Dumas
James Fenimore Cooper
Authors I was told
I was too young to read
I would creep down the stairs
Flashlight in hand
Grab a forbidden book
Hard bound and hefty
I was soon transported
To pirate seas and musketeers
The ever resourceful frontiersman
Careful not to fall asleep
So as to return the purloined treasure
To its proper place on the shelf