
Like an insistent lover, you come back.
Run your fingers down my spine.
Steal a breath in my strands.
Caress and stroke.
Tease.
You leave me wanting more,
Yet keep off the inevitable climax.
.
You leave a place marking me yours.
To come back
To my words and poetry,
To my paintings and sonnets,
To my hundred dreams and magical tomorrows,
To my depths of despairs and haunting misery
I am everything you want and so much more.
.
There are billionsย like me yet we are all unique.
There are billions like you yet you are all different.
Our love affairs are secret and surreal.
Bound by the ink of my body, the bouquet of my pages
And the emotionsย flickering across your eyes.
Our love saga penned by another
Assembled and enhanced by you and me.
.
Yours forever,
A book on your shelf.
Ah! The smell of old books. Did you know there is a beautiful word “biblichor” inspired by petrichor? Enjoy your weekend with a good book! ๐

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Very creative. Very good! Loved it! ๐
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Thanks a lot! ๐
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Loved it, beautiful ๐
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Thank you! ๐
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Prajakta, when I started reading I felt those magical moments of love .
And as a read complete poem I see the love for the books and how u expressed it so beautiful. Only you can do it I guess..
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That was a lovely comment! It was just a way of expressing my love for books ๐
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And that’s just so wonderful..
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Oh my! This is beautiful! And, thank you for that word. I can already imagine the smell. ๐
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Thank you so much Soumya ๐
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How beautifully you have written the feelings of a book. It’s as if you have breathed life to an inanimate object like a book. ๐
Thanks for sharing.
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A books isn’t really inanimate – only if you want it to be ๐ Thank you!
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Yes, feelings are giving by writers.
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Too good Prajakta ๐ I am sure you have invested a lot of emotions in writing this post.
I still love the petrichor though ๐
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Just an expression of a love story two decades old ๐ Thank you
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Wonderful.
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Aww this is too beautiful Prajakta!!! I’m feeling the life in the book itself….such a magical feeling it is โค
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It is magical indeed – portable magic! ๐
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Couldn’t agree more with you๐
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Fantastic Prajakta. Awesome
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Thank you Daddy โค
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[…] came across two lovely posts, this morning. One, by Prajakta, and the other one, by Nimi ma’am. They brought back a plethora of memories; all those […]
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I absolutely love this, and the emotions it evokes!
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Thanks a lot Karen ๐
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Oh emotions.. senses.. oH.. words.. how they please.. some experience few.. some experience more.. some are rainbows of delight.. with ever changing colors.. deep.. deeper featheRing touch.. OH! imagination.. creativity.. passions.. housing words.. flowing heart beats.. swelling tides.. SumMer moisture brushing shores.. waves in and out.. smooth roughing shores.. never ending breeze cross over.. under beach.. beaches go so deep.. open books with hidden pages.. OH.. so inspiring.. hidden libraries.. shelves that goes so deep.. treasures never ending.. just waiting.. opening pages slowly.. again and again.. always coming back.. living so much deeper.. OH! words… they please..
Okay.. back to scientist mode.. where has the human heart gone.. i mean seriously.. men and women at one point in time used to BOTH live as romance novels.. and now it’s hook up this and that.. and i always love to use the example of the old songs of the 70’s that explore human emotions so deep and nuanced as a loving beach.. and now music is all like wham bam thank you and move on to the next wham bam thank you song.. and to the next and so on.. sadly the poetry i read now.. is often like that
too.. boo who.. i desire it deeper.. more nuanced.. the feathered touch… of REAL POEtRY..
The songs of the 70’s will live on forever
like hearts
do that
explore
the deeper
parts of our
REAL BEINGS
OF Imaginary
Love..
that goes
so much deeper
than wham bam
thank you songs..
bye and
see you
never…
again…
i for one STILL
wanna
sing a song
that lives
forever
and always
comes
back
for
more..
And seriously.. Prajakta.. you amaze
me for a young person to do it
deeper than wham
bam
thank
you songs..
BRAVO..
APPLAUSE..
i’ll be back
for
more
from you
for sure..
it is very possible
that your poetry
will live
forever
as it
goes deeper..
so much
deeper
than
most
this
way..:)
Hey.. i read a lot of poetry..
thousands and thousands of poems..
and when one strikes me like this..
i’m gonna
let that
person
feel it..
in no
uncertain terms..
with a thunderous
clap of thanks..
A REAL poet/song writer
finds magical ways
to touch each
reader/listener
and now
yes.. with
visual arts
Looker’s
eaRs and eYes
heArt in a way
that makes
them feel
the ART
is written
just
for
them..
it’s fun to imagine
one is special..
why not..
be special
is what
i feel..
YES..
and you are a special
young woman.. Prajakta..:)
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This was truly a touching comment. Poetry is something that has become very personal to me and the fact that it can reach out to lovely people like you makes pouring my heart out worth it. A humbling experience. Thank you so much ๐
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Smiles.. It’s all worth it..:)
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Lovely, the way you presented the poem and finished it.
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Marvellous! Very thoughtfully written. Enjoyed reading. Happy writing more ๐
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Thank you ๐ Reading AND then writing is what works the best!
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Lovely! !
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You brought a book to life. Well down. That is how reading a book should be. Magical.
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Thank you so much, Sarah!
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Enjoy your Monday. ๐
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A striking piece of poetry, Prajakta, with delicious moments where you touched all the senses.
And the word? One of my all time favorites. I can think of no smell quite as grand as the one that holds all of my most treasured memories of escape and adventure.
Cheers!
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Thanks a lot! I would love to sit with an old tome by the open window while it is raining outside. I get both whiffs ๐
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The love of books.. those love-affairs we have with ink, the poetry we write that’s build of bricks from houses that we ransack.. you have a poet’s soul my friend.
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This thoughtful comment made my day ๐ Thanks Bjorn!
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Beautifully original!
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Beautiful ans absorbing! Cheers ๐
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Thanks Dilip!
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Thank you for the consideration ๐ I have gone awards-free for the moment, but many many thanks for the brotherhood!
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This made me smile. Beautifully done. ๐
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Thanks Tejas ๐
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You’re welcome ๐
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Beautiful lines
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Beautiful ๐
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Gosh I love this, especially the twist in the story where the ‘love’ you are talking about is revealed. It’s been a while since I felt the smell of newly bought book or the crisp new paper between my fingers as I flip the pages completely engrossed in the words *sigh* I miss it.
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Thank you so much ๐ Gift yourself a good book now!
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I loved it..Books are matchless and you described it all incredibly
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Thank you so much ๐
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So lovely and beautiful piece of writing… very well penned… ๐
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Thanks a lot Ashish ๐
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Lovely โค I also wrote something related to books some days ago ๐ Loved the title ๐
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Prajakta, this is incredibly beautiful. A very intimate, sensual first stanza, that had me grappling where is this leading to?
Love how you captured your love affair with books! Just beautiful! ๐
~Carl~
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Thank you Carl ๐ A bout of illness left me without reading strength for the last few weeks. Just my way of expressing some of the love back!
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I am really sorry to hear that. Sincerely hope you are feeling better.
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All good ๐ Up and running
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Awesome, beautiful write !
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Thanks!
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Beautifully penned! ๐
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The last two lines were fantastic! โค
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Thanks a lot, Neha ๐
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My pleasure, Prajakta ๐
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