An Important Window

Most individuals would visualize a window as a panel dividing the inside from the outdoors, 

but I believe that a window is not simply a division. 

A window is a connection, 

a meeting spot, 

a crossroads between two planes. 

A window is a book, 

connecting fiction to reality, 

allowing the reader to cross beyond the wall of existence and into a world of fantasy 

or science fiction 

or mystery 

to experience something the real world cannot offer them. 

That is what a window is to me, 

an escape. 

There are times when I feel like I have danced my final number, 

and that the world is scheduled to be crashing down on me at any moment, 

and in those moments I feel my stomach imploding in on itself. 

Withdrawing from reality is the only cure for this anxiety 

and reading fuels that escape, 

making a bad day seem okay, 

inspiring me to persevere through the challenges life throws at me, 

and showing me that in another world that lives beyond a window 

exists hope. 

Just the simple action of opening a book allows me to peer into a land of optimism, 

helping me to strive to accomplish my hopes and dreams. 

And when I stare into the real world 

through the plane of glass that separates me from the cold outdoors, 

I realize that of all the windows in the world, 

a book is the most important window of all.