The desire to read a book

The desire to read a book
Feels like a saving light for me
Reminding me books still hold magic for me
More than Netflix

I am haunted that nowadays
I dare to leave home without a  book
Because I assume I'd spend any snatched minutes
Watching modern family

So yesterday and today, Two days in a row!
When I chose to read a book during lunch
When I had the option to watch Netflix
That feels like a victory for my soul

I am comforted too by the fact that I feel comforted
By a new Philip Pullman to read at work
And hard times to read at home
And hungry tide again 

The end is not near
Not If I have at least one book
ahead of me
And now I have three!

I am not lost to the God of binge tv
My god of reading still has hold of me
And I thank God for that!