She sits alone in the silence, lost in her book.
This is how she spends her time, has for so long.
In the pages of books, she finds her life.
Not here, not in this dusty, nowhere place she was birthed to.
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This is so affecting- I have often wondered if children start reading because their own life is so drab and without hope and they find they can have glorious adventures inside the covers of books. And maybe that's why writers write those books! 10++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++