I walked up to him, stealthily
drew a line on his spine,
with the tip of my
slender, cold index finger.
A shiver ran through him.
I turned him around,
took a cursory look at him & sighed.
I would neither be his first nor his last.
I had known that, forever.
But I was glad, I was one among them.
I placed a palm on his chest,
leaned close & took in
the familiar smell;
Of rains, love, excitement,
laughter & tears.
He closed his eyes & smiled,
and continued narrating
from where he had paused.
After a couple of hours,
he stopped & looked
at my tear stained face.
I looked around
and to my astonishment,
nothing had changed.
But I knew that
I’d never be the same again.
My voice choked, I whispered,
‘Do all of them feel this way?’
He smiled, his crooked smile,
scratched his chin, tilted his head,
‘Most of them. Do you like it?’
‘I do. And when you leave,
I’ll pick another.’
I returned the crooked smile.
He looked up smiling,
genuinely this time.
‘That’s how irresistible we are.
We books, have a way of wooing you
and you can never say ‘No’ to us’
Image Courtesy: My dearest friend Balachandran. The bookmark was my gift to him 🙂
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Thank you 🙂
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That was wonderful! One of your best …I should say…. (y)
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Yay! This made my day Mani. Thank you so much 😀
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Loooooved it…..
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haha! Amusing 🙂
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Thank you 😀
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Surely I too can’t say no to them.. 😉
Yet I am greedy to let few of them go.. So I try to hold them captives inside the mini jail and let them out only for my enjoyment.. 😉
Don’t we all have few captives, reserved only for us, and no-one else could hold them again.. 😉
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I am more of a library person. So no captives at all. But I see your point. I have seen the eyes glow red when people have to part with their precious captives.
Your words make a lot of sense 🙂
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Wow! What a great description, Ranjini ❤ Dil khush ho gaya padh k 😀
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Thank you so much Darshith 😀 Aap khush toh hum bhi khush 😀
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Aap khush to sab khush 😛
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Wow… Amazing skills
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Thank youu 😀
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I loved this ❤
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Thank you chakkare 🙂
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you’re amazingly talented and you write so well 🙂 I’m following your blog.. 😀
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Thank you so much for the kind words Kriti. Thanks for the follow. Please visit again 🙂
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your welcome and sure 🙂
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A long love story told in so less words! It was an awesome twist! You really summed up the feelings of a booklover when they see a book!
One Night Stand, indeed! Awesome! 🙂
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Thank you so much. I feel elated to have read such kind words from you. Thanks for the encouragement 🙂
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Suspense till the end. Well written 🙂
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Thanks a lot 🙂
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Thank you 🙂
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nice one! 🙂
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Thank you 🙂
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Wow! This is brilliant.I had written a similar poem on the same lines. Here it is : http://www.ramyarao.com/2016/05/if-i-were-a-book/
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