Best Poems Written by Suraj Rajendran

Cheers To Books

As I sit on my chair and type
this poem, I think
about our past and the ways
we would communicate before.
Did we read an electronic novel or did we read a
written, bound book?
I believe that we had a different mindset in the past
and it’s turning into something different
as the future approaches us.

Instead of worrying about the memory on 
our hard drive, we used to worry 
about the amount of ink in our pen.
Instead of having a empty digital sheet open in 
front of us, we used to have a blank thin layer of
papyrus presenting itself to us.
Instead of laying on our recliners and blindly reading what the
web shows, we used to use our feet to get 
to a local library.

The computer is a great device, but
we must not cut all our traditional lines.
If we indulge in our comforts, we might
lose sight to what is valuable to us.
Solid, living books may be hard to pick up, but
if we look at a flashy screen all day, it won’t be just our eyes
that are going to go kapoosh.
It’s also our minds.

Copyright © Suraj Rajendran | Year Posted 2015