Why is it that you pick up your book and read
That's what a young woman once asked me
What is so good, so perfect, about that book
Why does it put in you such an aching need

My answer was as simple as this
My fair lady, there are many reasons
Why I read as much as I do
Partly I read because books bring bliss

I also read to gain knowledge
Whether it be about myths or about sickness
About the unusual nature of man
Or simply reading up on my future college

I read to gain wisdom
Whether I learn about love
Or how light beats darkness
Or simply how to rule my kingdom

I read because it makes me human
It helps me understand emotion
It even makes me feel them
I learn how to use my gifts, however superhuman

I read because it gives me hope
That love can last forever, that I can overcome
That life isn't hopeless, that all problems
Have a solution, no matter their scope

That light beats darkness, that we are givers
That test become testimonies, that I'm invincible
That men become legends, who fight like Spartans
That scars become blessings, that flow like rivers

That we can rival titans, beat sickness, find love
**** demons, destroy dementors, beat sickness
Protect humanity, transcend reality, run freely
Escape captivity and tyranny, this we rise above

Where one says books are an escape from reality
A thing to run to when you're down and lonely            i believe that it's not an escape from real life
It's a guide to a better life, someone gave to me

So if you have a question about why I read
Here is my answer to you my friend
I read to overcome the trials in my life
I read so that I know how to lead

Full of ups and downs
Filthy roads turn coats
Broken dreams still trying to float
And dark plots with scary sounds

With all of that life is still worth living
Your faith is still worth keeping
Your life is still worth saving
Your light is still worth freely giving

Now you may be wondering
Why I say what I, do what I do
Believe these things to be true
That life with all it's quirks, is worth living

The answer is as simple as this
Your life has just as many good moments
As it has scary thoughts and bad omens
And in the end, your trials give you bliss

Test are in life to give you strength
In the end you grow, your soul shines
You begin to see light in darkness
And, you make a legacy of infinite length

You have to understand that life
Is full of moments where your faith
Is tested by the world's wraiths
Who are put there to give us infinite strife

Its full of imperfection, and quirks
But it also has something called friendship
It has family and it has relationship
Knowing this, you can laugh at earth's jerks

One more thing you must remember when
Life knocks you down to the floor
When troubles break you down to your core
When people's imperfection burns your skin

For every bit of darkness, there is a light
For every broken dream, one stands
For every loner, a man waits with open hands
In wrong, someone wants to help make it right

What is idiocracy
The endless mediocrity
The infinite stupidity
Or the hatred of the minority

It's been said that the majority
Of the human race is filled
Matter fact built in the hands
Of complete and utter idiocracy

Whether it be one's self adoration
Or our unusual alcoholic addiction
It could be our misplaced affection
For hateful racism and segregation

Why is it that we fools
Constantly break the rules
We set in order to protect our jewels
Eliminate wars blood filled pools

We work so hard to find
A way around the quote blind
Ideology of being a kind
Human being, this truth you bind

What ever happened to equality
The value of humanity
Being able to find much beauty
In the world despite its pure insanity

How dare you denounce this man
Though this man has a great plan
Is it because you yourself are a racist man
Or believe what he has is an outrageous demand

How dare you judge this woman's heart
Despite the fact that she is set apart
Is it because she doesn't walk and talk like you
Or is it because in her life that's just your part

How dare you claw at this child's soul
Even though that soul is fragile
Is hurting children your life's role
Or are children just people you like to hassle

How dare you tangle with this general
Whose armies are pure of heart
Are you the leader of dark cults
Or is it he you use them to hurt.

All of these things you say and you do
Do you not realize that love is your due
Instead of the slings and arrows you threw
How dare you not let love joy and peace reign in you

You don't know what's at stake
You know nothing you're a kid nothing more
Think of it this way young child
Where do you work, what do you make

These words were said to me while
I was at a friends house talking to him
About my personal political views
Specifically, I talked about what I found vile

At first I tried to bite my
Tongue for it was wise
To keep my mouth shut
Less I end up brushing her left eye

be honest, what do you make little guy
And I wish she hadn't said that
Asked me to be honest because
When you ask to be roasted I must comply

You want to know what I make
I as a child make adults do better
Because work harder than them
In this way I raise the stakes

I make inspiration In stories in song
In pictures in buildings, in poetry
In my words and in my works
And most of all, in the friends who tag along

I as a child make memories
Make my situation bend to me
Shape my dreams into my reality
And turn my scars into testimonies

like little david, I make giants fall
With love and light, I make darkness flee
Like alexander the great, I win my wars
And in the end,mi don't hurt at all

Through sickness I survive
In the eye of the storm, I fly
In every fatal fall, I rise
And through it all, I live

I may not make that much money
I may not necessarily have a job
I may not need to pay bills
I may not even pay uncle sam yearly

But in the little that I do
As a child becoming a man
I change the world by being a better me
So enough about me, how about you