Finding Love!

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If not in the sweet fragrances 

Of the vibrant fresh roses

Or in the seasonal charm 

Of the enticing wintery February winds

Not in the trinkets or the perfumes 

Nor in all those embellishments 

And umpteen souvenirs

If not in these 

Look for me 

In the silent rustles 

Of the parched broken leaves

In the concrete bends 

Of those familiar pathways 

In that unnoticed scent 

Of the petrichor 

Or in those inanimate wooden benches

 

That lay waiting since

Maybe you'll find me there

Inconspicuous and hidden somewhere 

In those yellowed pages

Alongside those forgotten dried petals

In the smudged scribbles

Of the folded letters

For, I always like to tiptoe 

And come in stealthily 

Into those long lost nostalgic tunes 

That drift past from nowhere 

And remind you of me

Stacked away, I loiter

Perhaps as shards of reminiscences

In the blurred hazy images 

Or in those phrases from beyond

Left untouched but unerased

Eternal as I am

Thus, I linger

In each of those crumpled

Crevices and creases 

But, if you were 

To look for me

Maybe I will remain 

As elusive as ever 

To come to be

PS : This blog post is a part of the Petals of Love Blog Hop hosted by Swarnali Nath.