)A girl leaned over a book---
She did not know I saw---
She turned a page rapidly,
Her eyes widening with awe.
And then she leaned toward the light,
Needing just a little more---
She began to bite her lip,
Captured to her core.
Her eyes across the words flew,
Her wonder rising fast---
She looked, I thought, to be immersed
In images of the past.
I slowly sank to the ground.
Though I was very quiet, I was sure
She couldn’t hear a sound,
So much was she allured.
No noise could ever disturb her there,
Not a danger or a care,
For she was far away on an adventure
That she could only dream of here.
