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The lady was omnilegent (which means she was well-read.)
She read while doing dishes, after her kids were fed.
A book propped in the laundry, another on the tub,
balanced there precariously as she had her scrub.
The draconian measures her spouse took to confine her
were fruitless for she did not choose his attempts to define her.
Reading was her gateway to a wider world
and all those intense pleasures waiting to be unfurled.
She held fast to a firm resolve that one day she’d be free.
Her husband could not curtail her mental liberty.
One day when the kids were raised, she’d leave this sunless hollow.
All the words she’d read for years like breadcrumbs she would follow.
Prompt words for today are draconian, uncertain, omnilegent, intense and gateway.
lifelessons - a blog by Judy Dykstra-Brown 
Very well crafted poem.
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Great one, thanks~!
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Books were my window to the world too- that was for sure! Had they not been there my world would have been even smaller then it was.
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I grew up in a town of 700, sixty miles away from our closest shopping town. Yes, books were important to my entire family.
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Very well done, Judy.
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Books, helping in the present time and inspiring a better life! ❤
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Words are really very important, aren’t they? Life changers. I grew up reading, a book tucked away in every room. And that habit of reading has helped me at every turn of life. Beautifully crafted poem, thanks for sharing.
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I’m so glad I grew up before TV. Both of my parents were readers, as were my sisters. We were all three English lit majors. I wonder if kids read as much today?
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Sadly, most children don’t. 😑
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;o(
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