- Jennie Camile
The Power of a Little Book

I read a little book today
It had the ability to take me far away
There were hues of light and dark
The brilliance of it instantly touched my heart
A world was opened up to me
A little mouse has shown me how to break free
Ain’t it grand?
How words seem to understand
You can feel like you are so very all alone
And then you read a paragraph and it’s just like they know
What you’re feeling, what you’re moving through
When no one else seems to get you
Solace on a page, written years before this moment here
And yet those words have the power to make everything clear
I read a little story and I want to read it again
When it was over, I felt like I had lost a friend
It had gifted me so many lessons and epiphanies
Words flowing like music, like a symphony
A void filled without even knowing I was lacking
It answered questions that I wasn’t even asking
Ain’t it beautiful?
How fiction can be so truthful
You can find magic again inside these pages
Magic you haven’t seen for ages and ages
What you’re seeing is validation of spirit
It’s almost as if the story is listening when no one else wants to hear it
Peace, empathy and love scattered in sentences years ago
And yet those groups of words have the power to show you magic is something you will never outgrow
Ain’t it epic?
How much can be found in a relic
The crisp meanings of life will always hold valid
For everyone has been faced with some sort of challenge
What we all need is something to cling to for peace and understanding
Strength found in words can keep us from falling; keep us standing
Solace on a page, written years before this moment here
Have the power to change the way we see hope, love and fear…