Sarala rues how the technology era has changed every aspect of our lives, an exclusive for Different Truths.

No more writing letters nor phone calls 
Cell phone has been the craze for a long
You reach to everyone by the click or tap on the cell 
You are connected throughout the world 
What an amazing invention 
Days have changed 
Early morn instead of praying there goes your hands to 
 your cell with a smile 
Umpteen number of WhatsApp messages to answer and poems
 by your friends waiting to be read and liked 
So many contests in so many groups 
You are waiting for writing yours with excitement 
You have put up the tea water and forgot totally 
You are busy with your cell while the water got evaporated 
Husband waiting for tea, 
You quietly make fresh tea, while cell phone on one hand, 
A gaze from your hubby darling 
Oh, why don’t you put away the cell and let’s have breakfast,
 it’s already 9 am 
I adhere to his advice with much hesitation but with a smile
 serve him the breakfast in a hurry while myself one hand 
 holding the cell one hand enjoying my breakfast 
Oh, what chaos in the technology world but everyone enjoys it 
The digital era has become the fashion although household
 work pending to be attended to! Never mind enough time!
 
 

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Sarala Balachandran

Sarala Balachandran was working with an import-export organisation in the administrative department for 38 years. She retired eleven years back. Married, with two sons aged 43 and 36, she took interest in writing recently. She writes free verses.

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