MY RECENT TRAIN JOURNEY

As I entered the train, saw no heads turn🚆,

Passengers have been busy since the morn🌅.

Everyone is in their own virtual zone🗔,

Peeping into their latest mobile phone📱.

No one to talk to, hear no snores💤,

As they picked up their mobiles before doing the chores🖁.

No longer they hear the engine blow horn📯,

Wearing headphones and listening to "The Music Of Ornn"🎧.

No laughs, no gags😂,

Only mindless scrolling and hashtags#.

Wide windows are now useless🪟,

I urge you to spend time on screen less📵.

The silence in the coach feels awkward🤐,

Watching things get out of hand is absolutely absurd.

Vendors working hard, shouting for their sales🛒,

But who cares, everyone buys online these days🛍.

Train rides never again seem to be fun🚄,

Just two reels more and then we are done...

-TULIKA TIWARI