The world creates noise
yet there is silence after she finishes a book
the last page turned
the layer of stillness that grew
around her
while reading
has thickened and now
separates her realities
She ponders what happened
where she went with
characters she tried to understand
and at times tried to be
Her eyes scan the authors biography
and looks into the face of the creator
she goes back to the beginning
and lingers
before saying
good-bye