Books!

Many nights I have spent reading
Pondering what happened in my books
The other kids don't understand my obsession
They hate books and wait to do the reading assignment
But this is how I am comforted when I need it
And writing to release stress
When the amount becomes too great
Even in my days when I was younger
I loved to read because it satisfied my hunger
And now I read so much
I can't remember the names of all the books
Which is something I don't know anyone else my age that can say
They know exactly which books they've read
Because they only do required reading
While I find my safety in another world
If only they could feel what I feel when I read
Then they wouldn't wait to do their reading assignment
Until the night before the test
They'd finish the book the day they got it
The way I often do.