Lonely library

a poem by Hema Rangaswamy

Blazing rays of sun
Beat on the brazen earth
I run quickly to take cover
Inside the decrepit library

Perspiration soaks my dress
I pin up my wayward hair
Weaving my way through shelves
Library had a sole occupant

He was jotting down notes
Unperturbed by my intrusion
Rubbing his spectacles to and fro on his nose
I stood under the fan
Its noise making a mockery of silence
I felt a pair of eyes on my back
The sound of scraping chair
Intuitively I make way for him
Disinterestedly I looked at him
He removed his glasses and
Sent a long, sensuous look at me
His eyes were sheer magic
They left me dazed
I dropped slowly to the floor, spellbound.