what is it to write?

What is it to write?
it is to transform, to have the power to transform
to let people escape, to raise goosebumps on their hands
it is to make people laugh and cry, to make them get angry and to believe in the characters
it is a miracle, well done
It is magic

such a book is Mister Pip
What can a book not achieve, an author not achieve?
What can a teacher not achieve?
This story has war, a student, a teacher and a book
And it needs nothing more

Next task - Great Expectations
I too want to meet Pip, Joe Gragery, Miss Havisham, Estella and others
I want to meet this pip who changed the life of a young girl
On re-reading, I do not storm as much at the mother for her decisions
I realize now she's being true to herself has been and will be, even if she makes wrong decisions in the process

what can a book do?
all and everything