Your Daily Companion

A book is like a real close friend
That endears you with it's charms,
It holds you close in ecstasy,
Enfolds you with warm arms.

And once you've read it's contents-
You'll have a friend forever,
For, you can live that book again
And from it, friend-ship gather.

Thru each chapter, to the end,
You will soon discover,
You have a friend who is always there
And on each page does hover.

Select your books with loving care,
Full of kindness and good deeds,
For a man's known by the friends he 
              keeps-
In his shelves to read.....


By Treva E. Stokes (1912-1980)