Times

By Challa Bhanu Pranav

I was thrilled when you told me, “Trying to stay away from gadgets.”

The time together with you I got, excited me more than I thought.

I never wanted to grow distant from you;

And all I could think was “Why, Oh Why, aren’t you closer?”

Every time I talk to you know in the lockdown; I am scared;

Tears touch the screen as I read those painful words,

“Sorry, cannot talk. Trying to stay away from gadgets.”

The very thing that gave us time together,

Now holds us distant, miles apart from one another;

And all I could think was,

“Why, Oh Why, aren’t you closer?”

By Challa Bhanu Pranav