If I had to choose between
reading or writing
I would choose you reading
For all the joy and solace I find with you
of discovering my next read
Like a kid in a candy store.
If I had to choose between
reading or writing
I would choose you writing
For the sense you help me make
of the muddy water in my head
Taking me to a place of deepest solitude.
If I had to choose between
reading or writing
I would choose you reading
Because there is no writing without the reading
No stories to share, no imagination to ignite
No quiet to be found where my demons and I can co-exist.
If I had to choose between
reading or writing
I would choose you writing
Because how else do I live a
thousand lives, travel to a thousand places
Quieten the voices so only words can prevail.
If I had to choose between
reading or writing
Why there is no choice at all!
I was a reader first, a writer second
So reading it will be because
Reading is a form of writing too – only
the words don’t appear on paper
But in your mind, as you flip page after page
book after book, finding, losing, and finding
again.
tales of Suchita 
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