Mobile

Life was simple and unrushed 
There was a certain laze we had more time
Along came a device which took overnight
Our private time , deep into our lives 
Denied the simpler pleasures of life
Make us enslaved day and night

The mobile was here, in the beginning without much scare
But then slowly with time 
Internet and the apps to be online
Made us spend most of time 
Staring at a screen with fingers typing blind

Business first prospered 
Connecting with people became easier 
Calling someone no matter what time 
Cause it was a one to one direct line

Glancing your eyes to the mobile screen
Looking out for a led blinking or a ping
Curious to know what came in
Every one is to catch a glimpse
In middle of talking to someone
In middle of driving somewhere
In middle of eating sometimes
In middle of sleeping too at night
We get lured to see
Impatient has become the creed

Cringing our necks , bending it down
Fingers going mad typing all around
Eyesights getting poor reading in and out
We still indulge, ignore the signs

Its a fad to talk and walk
Crossing roads while you talk
Driving and bluetooth can’t miss any at all
Bikers risk everything to take the call 

Your first love online
The romance blossoms in chatty nights
the pictures exchange all the time
argue, laugh or cry
emojis help you any time
Arguments and fights 
Breakups and divorces even online
Sad songs to give you company
Facebooks likes and dislikes
Twitter away like a bird

We become slaves to the device
Feel abandoned if the network dies
Withdrawal symptoms when its taken away
Feel that you are cut away
that life is so quiet and boring
when the ring and ping of the mobile goes missing

No matter what you try
this device rules your life 
learn to use it wise
children drift away too
each in their own digital space
simple pleasures of life
lost in this digital paradise.

Mobile is this a devil in disguise?
Copyright © | Year Posted 2016

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Allison Avatar
May 27, 2016 at 3:40 PM
I have a mobile for us in emergencies - I much prefer face to face conversation - sadly many people today seem to have mobiles glued permanently to their ears or are texting and on the internet all the time - how i long to turn the clock back to times when we had no electronic devices! :-) hugs jan xx
Malhotra Avatar
May 27, 2016 at 1:16 AM
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