Not Vanquished

I was once engaged in a massive battle for the ages, pitting my powers against those of a five-year-old boy.It began when he declared that he was going to shoot me with his gun that had the "power of elephants."I countered with the power of love.He responded with a laser that had the "power of lightening."I bewildered it with the power of love.He retrenched with a cannon that was made from the "power of a tsunami."I absorbed it with the power of love.He summon up a rocket that was fueled by the "power of a tornado."I embraced it with the power of love.He attacked me with a sword forged in the sun, a light saber containing bees, a tank that shot earthquakes and finally a weapon made from all the power in the universe, except, he insisted, love.When I stuck with love he finally fell, into my arms, laughing, not vanquished.******Books have a way of transforming us unlike any other media out there. Be it fiction or non-fiction, a books has the power to fully immerse us into a world in…