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A lesser known Love Story !

She was alone,
So was I... 


She was alone,
So was I... 

Neither did she say "I Love you",
Nor did I...

Hand in hand, and sleepless nights,
She was stoic...…restless was I !

She had words, but no emotions
I had emotions, but no words ! 

Strange was our love story,
a rift between feelings and words 

Lend me some feelings,
And I give you my word....that "you have my words"
She promised !

We thus had a deal,
to exchange feelings for words...

No love story is a fairy-tale,
Nor was ours's...

Words I wanted, she never had...
Feelings I had, thus she could never know !

You add words to your arsenal...
& I would find feelings for your words 
& thus we continue to be lonely together 


That was the silent pact between
"My Dictionary" and I  !!!




Comments

  1. Sumathi Sridhar20 December 2021 at 14:25

    Superb! Loved the twist at the end :)
    Look forward to more such pearls!

    Reminded me of Kalidasa's opening invocation to Shiva and Parvati in his kavya, Raghuvamsha :)

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  2. Pankaj21 December 2021 at 22:28

    Feeling immensely humbled by mention of the text Sumathi!
    Thank you

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