Leather Appeal

Read the best books first, or you may not have a chance to read them at all. - Thoreau

Take my hand.

Marry my soul.

Before I grow too old.

So my heart doesn't turn cold.

I want you not just as a lover but as a friend.

To you and only you will I reveal my true self.

Like that worn, dusty book marked and sitting ...

... upon your top shelf ...

Author's Note

"How many a man has dated a new era in his life from the reading of a book." - Thoreau