It’s Monday again *whoop whoop*… Please don’t ask my why I’m excited, I just am… (or it may be because I have a 2 day work week this week).
I know I’ve talked about how daily prompts have been the best thing in my blog life this year… I’m sorry this is not going to change anytime soon :D. Today’s post is inspired by a prompt from last week.
I hope you enjoy my take on this prompt 🙂
“A room without books is like a body without a soul.”
― Marcus Tullius Cicero
I hear a sound
Behind the ticking clocks
And whirring fans
Far behind the noisy teenagers
Clicking away on their smartphones
I hear a sound
….
No, it was more of a sigh
It sounded of someone
With a burden so large
A cross too heavy
So alone
So sad
…..
I can hear it
A whisper
So faint
Hiding behind computer screens
Dusty lamps
And dirty tables
…..
I walk towards it
Drawn by empathy
No one should be that sad
No one should be that afraid
No one should be that alone
No one
…..
Who’s there?
Where are you?
Talk to me
Let me help you
With your burdens
With your pain
…..
I can be your friend
And you mine
We can lay on the grass
While watching the sun set
As we talk about wandering thoughts
And passers-by
…..
The sound stops
A faint voice whispers… I am here
Not behind the shelf
But on them
I stared in amazement
As a book talked back
…..
There was once a time
Where I was loved
Day in
Day out
I was held
I was touched
…..
I waited in anticipation
To be read by beautiful eyes
Bulging brown
Intriguing Grey
Piercing blue
I’ve seen them all
…..
I long for the days
When my pages were flipped
Corners dog-eared
White pages slowly turned brown
From careless stains
And dried up tears
……
I miss the days
Where I was not just a book
I was knowledge
I was an emotion
I was a friend
A companion even
…..
I crave the days
I could boast
Of places I have been
Green fields
Warm duvet covers
Sometimes even high up in the sky
…..
Now
I just sit here
As life goes by
Gathering dust
Watching the people I once loved
Forget me
…..
My pages still brown
But not from careless stains
Or dried up tears
But because my ink
Infuses into my pages
As I die a slow, lonely and painful death
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On this note, I am going to give my old books some love before they die…. and you should too 🙂
PS – You can check out some of my other Daily Prompt inspirations here, here, here and here.
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** Photo credit for Featured Image – House and Garden
ameena's musings 
Oh I so relate to this- so many books on the shelves, so many electronic devices replacing them. I spent many a late hour engrossed in a page turner or a long afternoon with a lyrical tale full of words that rolled around my mind and now not so much . I’m going to put the e book down and turn some real pages!
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Yes please turn some real pages. I’ve decided to give my books some love this week!! 🙂
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This is beautiful! I really love it. I too am guilty of veering towards the electronic devices – I have many books on my Kindle. However there is nothing quite like a real book to get the literary juices flowing.
Well done – a lovely post in response to the daily prompt.
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So beautifully written. I could practically feel the pain of those poor neglected books 🙂 I know I will be flipping through some pages on my bookshelf tonight 🙂
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Yaay!! Please show your books some love.. We don’t want them dying 😬
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Yes I will. Lol… even if I don’t actually read them I will rifle through the pages tonight 😀
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😂😂 good idea
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It’s good to show old books some love. I’ve also found that passing books to others so they can enjoy them is also good. 🙂
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Oh I’ve never thought of doing that. That’s a great idea 🙂
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I liked the way you flowed from a question into an unexpected answer. Where. Did the idea come from ?
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Honestly I have so many conversations with myself in my head and that is what sometimes translates into my writing.
I just find a way to interpret the thoughts in my head into something others can relate to.
Thank you for reading. I appreciate that you took the time out to comment 🙂
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Hopefully we don’t forget books! Great poem
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Oh please don’t forget your books 🙂
Thanks for reading my poem
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