i read

i read

i have read many books

i have read the passions found in the eyes

of those i took the time to notice

i have read the splendour of life

painted as smiles

upon the faces of children

and adults alike

i have read the joys and hopes

brought to the world

with each new Sun rise

and i rise

i have read the meaning of the message

found in the sound of

each beat of my heart

and that of my lover

i have read the longing passions

and desires

of her as well

as we vie for the communion

that has no end

i have read the footprints of wonder

as she unveiled herself

that a common man like i

may see her nakedness

i have read the wantonness of love

found on the lips of my beloved

when they touched my own

i have read the coming

of dreams approaching

i have read the gentles touch

and embrace

of my fair gentle man

these are but a few of the things i have read

and there is also other things i have read

that appeals not to me,

but they do offer knowledge

and that is . . .

i alone may discern what it is i choose to read

and what i choose to cherish

in all the things i have read

and i choose to cherish the lessons

that teach me to read good things

i read

© 29 January 2013 : william s. peters, sr.

Reading “The Pilgrimage”

by my beloved Brother Paul Coelho