When You breathed
When you smiled; it seemed that a million lotuses fell on the parched territory of earth,
When you cried; the waves in the ocean clashed flirtatiously with the blazing chain of rocks,
When you sang; the birds in the jungle forgot to chirp and a celestial
silence descended all over,
When you ate; the most abhorrent appearing logs of charcoal seemed like golden nectar,
When you wrote; the most nonchalant of literature seemed like a string of shimmering pearls,
When you danced; all gods in heaven gathered to watch in stunned silence,
When you yawned; there seemed to be a valley of eternal bliss right down your throat,
When you were naughty; it seemed as if the most heinous of criminals around
you were small children,
When you perspired; it seemed as if the melody in your aroma pacified the most tumultuous of turmoil,
When you winked; it seemed as if springs of white froth gushed down the pristine slopes in lazy tandem,
When you walked; it seemed as if a cluster of fairies had fallen from the sky to permanently inhabit the earth,
When you slept; it seemed that the most glittering of gold was showered
unrelentingly from the cosmos,
When you bathed; it seemed as if shriveled and decayed beauty in this world had taken a new birth,
When you shivered; it seemed as if the mesmerizing night had forgotten to unveil into the sweltering day,
When you sneezed; it seemed as if lost charm and exuberance flooded back into the atmosphere,
When you blushed; it seemed as if silver bolts of lightening plummeted from the sky igniting multiple fires even in frozen water,
When you screamed; it seemed as if the profoundly gloomy ambience exploded in fury; to illuminate the blackness,
When you stared; it seemed that all the uncouth and barbaric activities were replaced by unparalleled innocence and empathy,
And when you breathed; I felt that I was re-born; and as each breath of yours caressed my skin; I felt myself more and more entangled in the bonds of your
romance.
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Submitted by nikhilparekh on October 15, 2019
Modified on March 05, 2023
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