Miss You All

He called my name.

From where he did stand.

My eyes lit up bright.

'He is a dear friend!'

Even through the mask

His smile was grand.

My teeth, too, gaped wide,

But held back my hand.

Across the street, we talked.

Words were bland.

Just - 'How are you?s'!!

And ran about our errand.

Not long ago, we hanged,

For hours on end.

Now, these new found restrains - 

We, hardly, could suspend.

All said, Corona

Once you leave our land

'll have to learn again

How to hug a friend. 

Locked Down

"Good Morning !" the laptop beans.

The older one's class begins.

No rescue from this drama,

Of Alpha-Beta-Gama.

I might, as well, sits for exams,

've learned as much, no qualms.

The other corner's, too, occupied.

My little one, last I pried,

Is hell bent on mastering

The art of online schooling. 

Her creased forehead, I fear

So many queries, nothing clear!

There's another corner in my house.

And, also, a work-from-home-spouse.

Thank lord for making corner four.

My sanity, therein, I restore.

And sit and drool about time,

When this little home was all mine.

The Dead Elephant

An expecting Mother

Was fed pineapple with cracker.

No need to tax imagination

For what happened further.

Everywhere in media-

Social or otherwise,

Anyone who could express-

Raised hues and cries.

All type of activists

Became active at last.

Officers, leaders (Naturally opposition)

Demanded action fast.

A “specie” who rarely shows

Kindness to their own kind,

Their rant for someone else

Sort of, blew away my mind.

I wonder how many living elephants

Appreciate our concern and support.

The dead one, above, for sure,

Should gawk at our rapport.

No amount of sufferance,

No protest vehement

Can guarantee there’ll be

No repeat of such incident.

CRUELTY is innate to all the living.

But what makes it different

Is - where others kill to survive,

Humans do, just for experiment.