I'm a Netizen
a different kind of citizen
I live in cyberspace
I inhabit virtuality.
I'm not allowed more than 140 letters,
and not getting 'likes' gives me jitters.
I don't laugh anymore, I LOL!
I don't socialise or have friends
who I can meet physically,
my existence is measured in retweets & followers, technically.
I use thesaurus to sound Victorian,
just to hide myself from being called a plebeian.
My heartbeat is the internet,
my mantra is connectivity,
my friend is my phone,
it's battery is my longevity.
My favourite pass time
is to stare at the mobile screen,
waiting for a like, a follow up or a ping.
Its been ages since I've heard a live voice sing.
For days I don't come out to see the sky or bird.
What for, I think now, for the bird is just an icon, and the inverted comma is the new 'talisman'.
I'm a netizen, a different kind of citizen,
living in virtual reality,
forever connected,
yet when dissected,
absolutely alone as an entity.
-Rohan Srivastava-
परेशानियों से
आदमी कभी
पत्थर नहीं होता,
कि वो
टूटे ही न।
न ही वह
शीशा हो सकता है,
कि जरा सी
कोई टीस,
चूर चूर कर दे उसके
हंसते खिलखिलाते
महलों को,
और
टुकड़े हो जाएं उसके ।
इसलिए
मैं सोचता हूं...
आदमी जरूर
प्लास्टिक होता होगा ।
जो अपनी
भावनाओं की आंच में
झुर्रियों सा पिघलकर,
धीरे-धीरे
टपकने लगता है
पर कभी
बिखरकर नहीं
गिरता ।-
अगर हमें परिवर्तन लाना हैं
तो शुरू करनी पड़ेगी
देखा India
सीखेंगा India
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People are paper
People are plastic
People are broken mirrors.
Look deep down in them
You'll see the dark they hide.
You'll see eveything
You'll see
A whirlpool of knives.
You'll see through
the illusion they use to hide
the monstors who eat them inside
And the world
that they keep in disguise.
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We use plastic so it doesn't decompose our history when archaeologist excavate.
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