A Gentle Touch

Old, worn pages,

Dusty. Tattered.

Splattered with ink.

Carefully and lovingly

Bound together, 

Wrapped in dark leather,

Placed on a shelf and 

Forgotten.

Despite that, 

The pages are not

Rotten, simply

Very hard to read.

Meandering lines of 

Prose,

Curving along the

Crinkling, crumbling

Paper. 

A gentle touch is

Necessary 

With a story so old as this.

Author's Notes/Comments: 

I love old books.

smooth's picture

nostalgic

great nostalgic detail

Diamond_Wills_New_War's picture

I've written every work of

I've written every work of mine I've deemed worthy in a book. In it I've placed my soul. One day it will be old hopefully there will be someone to read it. Great poem. Old books are like reserved blessings.


Long days and pleasant nights

Diamond

ReilaMorello's picture

Thank you!

I would love to read that book. =) I agree, old books are blessings indeed. Handwritten ones are the best, in my personal opinion. You can get so much emotion out of how things are written.

Kksway's picture

I love the poem. :) it's a

I love the poem. :) it's a very beautiful way of wording everything.


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