Love and other stories during the pandemic

Life with its uncertainties moves

Groundhog days

Rise, eat, sit, sleep, repeat

Silver surfers in a WhatsApp world

The data heavy as a sixteen-wheeler offloaded

Sermons of righteousness, prayers of salvation

Dire consequences of not sharing

Poetry, passages, petitions and pleas

Tik tok, viral videos

Upsetting clips

To which some object strongly

Comments pitch old friendships

Angry emojis

When politics enters the fold

The admins pleading for patience

The cyber universe momentums on

Amidst this traffic, pallbearers

Carry sad news

The atmosphere turns melancholy

The heart felt messages, bouquets of roses

Adorn the pages

Nostalgia travels back in time

narrow lanes and bicycle days,

Summer, sun, cricket and lemonade

An armchair travelogue in a virtual world

In the midst of this chaotic universe

Love tip toes in your form

Across time and space

Avatars in a silent embrace

And then you move away

Leave me longing

till another day

Author's Notes/Comments: 

Life during this pandemic has taught us many lessons, the traffic on social media, the group chats and every concievable message you can imagine from downright idiotic to pearls of wisdom. Here is an effort to put it in verse. Hope you enjoy

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