I am a reader.

I read. I digest books as iff they were something edible. Indeed, for my mind, they are precious nutrients. Oh, but I am not parasitic.

Books are my friends. I walk among them, smiling, shuffling pages, listening to their volumes of information, understanding and being patient. When one appeals to me, I develop a fondness for it. I take it home, nurture it -- first, if it has been damaged, or neglected -- and then give it room to grow. I take it, and lay its knowledge within the open confines of my own. There, it may take root, and gain life once more. After which, the cover is closed, and I keep good eye upon my new partner. I wouldn't be able to allow myself forgiveness if a literature was abused under my care.

For I am a true bibliophile.

Why, do you ask? (Or rather, why do you ask?)

Books are an ideal. A philosophy of their own existence, a poetry with their own structure. For this, an admiration is deserved, I believe. Many of the servitude turn their exercises toward ideology, simply for the course that human nature takes in corruption. I have that experience.
I gladly retain -- and likewise serve -- books due to their willingness to accept without judgment, to hold my ideas, to allow me room to grow, to give me strength, to be a form of comfort in a maddening existence. Not once have I been wronged by the ink on the pages of history, for it is I that decides whether or not I take offense. Not to their own that they may force me into submission upon ideas. But I digress.

Some serve generals. I serve books. (There's more than one way to read that last sentence.)

Going deeper, I hanker for knowledge. I never wish to withhold intelligence to an intelligent being. I wish to learn from all I contact, and I know that every experience may be shifted to hold meaning. My dear, there is nothing of coincidence.

There. This post brings about the largest aspect of my personality, out into the open. From here, I may formulate more ideas, perhaps building on this current one, and record some of my own ideas.

You will get explanations. But I still wish for your response.

Sincerely,
Marcus