This
is from my archives.... composed April
17, 2012
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I am so-o-o lonely
Road surfaces like
scrambled egg on toast –
With random
speed-breakers, sans traffic lanes;
Crazy signal
sequences and harried cops trying to make sense of it all,
Who will tell them
how roads and traffic rules should be ?
Who will explain
what is disciplined driving ?
I could, but they
do not ask…. I am so-o-o lonely….
Walking along the
streets watching people young and old,
Glassy looks,
plastic smiles or a frowned brow with downcast eyes…
Blue-toothed boys
and ear-plugged girls,
Cocooned off from the
world they live in now –
Who do they talk
to ? What do they listen ?
My phone remains
silent… I am so-o-o lonely…
Evening parties
all over the place,
Weddings,
anniversaries, birthdays and other pricey dates;
Formal suits and
brilliant dresses, sparkling jewelry and all
Women measuring
other women carefully, while the men too,
Keep looking at
them intently;
No one looks at
me….. I am so-o-o lonely….
We created Time,
and got enslaved by it;
A perfect
continuum of life chopped up into pieces
Of pre-defined
periods where work is ordained and one cannot rebel;
Life has become a
clock-work; you live by the minute,
And dreams too,
lie like a fractured mosaic within those boundaries…
With time came the
realisation…. I am so-o-o lonely…
You feel the same
?
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