A Mass Reading Poem by Randy McClave

A child has never died in a mass reading
That true fact I am pleading,
And while a child was ever reading a book
Never not once was a child's life ever took.
A book opens a child's imagination and mind
To learn about which they were unknown and blind,
It takes them to the places where they've never been before
It opens the minds door.
Reading a book gives a child greater knowledge
More than what they'll learn in college,
It takes them to different lands and to many mysteries
Where they will learn of cultures and world histories.
For a person to plant the greatest seed
It is when they give a child a book to read,
That is when society and belief goes hand in hand
Never ever should a book be banned.
The pen truly indeed is mightier than the sword
Mysteries are created and also explored,
But, the child's search is ended with a shooters murderous plan
Now it is books and not guns, that they want to ban.

Randy L. McClave