11 DEC 2017 AT 0:03

#random #love

We live in a strange new world,
Where relationship is a Facebook update, an Insta post.
Love is expressed in text messages and V Day gifts,
Affection is a subset of ego massages,
Where dialog is limited to phone talktime,
Where break ups happen in the cold impersonal sterile view of cyberspace,
Where memories are selfies clicked on a smartphone.

Is that why, my love, you write me love letters on paper,
With your favorite fountain pen,
Even though we live in the same city.
Your little rebellion against technology,
Against love becoming a fickle, dated concept,
That you say, your feelings flow through the ink, bleed onto paper,
And when I read your letters, your love jumps through the pages, your words embed in my brain.

- Prachi Percy