Old Book

     By Christopher Bowman

The witching hour has past
....Leather and denim covers the book,
it's bindings raged from use.
But fearsome was the knowledge within,
that she had come to love,
for words of hope and sadness,
reflecting her deepest longings,
did so account for vale,
that the tattered continence did illuminate
far beyond it's mortal worth,
and beauty was so perceived,
that the world worn tome,
of wisdom sought,
gained favor in her eyes...