A thought for Ramadan

Sabiha Bilgrami

Monday, May 14, 2018

Sunday, the 13th of May, 2018
Festival greetings, Happy Sunday greetings
Mother’s Day greetings, MOM of last meeting
Surely your WhatsApp cup overfloweth that day!


Then the Karnataka elections
The comments and the dissection
Were you following the news?
Was this added to your cup that day?


And unto the males a greater burden
IPL T20 2018 live streaming
DD RCB CSK SRH MI RR snippets
Was this added to your cup that day?


Monday, the 14th of May, 2018
More spam messages, Happy Monday greetings
Misguided Forward requests, Unsolicited quotes
Surely your WhatsApp cup overfloweth that day!

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What is this life, if full of WhatsApp
We have no time to start to care
No time to meet mom’s longing gaze
No time to love her in endearing ways!


No time to stand beneath the skies
No time to watch constellations go by
No time to marvel at all we gaze
No time to reflect on what surely we’ll face!!

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