A Lender's Shopping Mall

The labor pains of writing

Results in many books,

And giving birth to all those words

One cannot overlook.

And for this vast selection

Of titles one and all,

A place for readers far and wide...

A lender's shopping mall.

Vast tomes of information,

Of stories that delight,

Or poetry that lifts the heart

And rises to its height.

A place of inspiration,

That hush that fills the air,

That isolated quietude

That everyone can share.

A place of peace and refuge,

A way to just escape,

A temporary solitude

That can one's life reshape.

A means to travel 'round the world

And never leave one's town,

To cast off heavy burdens,

For a brief time...letdown.

Refueling mental batteries,

To let one's mind engage,

To while away an afternoon

With words upon each page.

A catalog of vast delights

Indexed and shelved with care,

And filed alphabetically

By authors one can share.

Just one of heaven's blessings

Delighting mind and heart,

A brief but true vacation

From an author's "pastry cart".