What do you do when your laptop is out for repair, and you, well, miss it's presence? Simple, you create a sad Laptop song.
And, that's what we did. Jyotsna, a wonderful blogger (http://jyotsnabhatia.blogspot.in/) and a super awesome friend, was sulking over her missing baby, and I, the ever heartless guy, decided to make a poem out of it (cruel of me to use a subject of someone's grief as a blogpost I know). However, instead of hurling tomatoes and shoes towards me, she gladly accepted the offer and partnered me in composing this poem (Yayyy!!!)
This is my first ever duet poem, and interestingly, it was written on World Poetry Day (March 21), which makes it all the more special. Some lines are written by me, some by her, and the rest carved by our partnership.
Oh laptop, oh laptop,
I miss you like hell,
When will you, when will you
Again get well?
My laptop, dear laptop
Why did you go away
Don’t you know oh dear
That being with you makes my day?
That hour when you arrived,
You gifted me with smiles,
We promised to be together,
In journey across miles.
Ah, the caress and the warmth
When I swiftly glide along the keys
How badly, how badly
Those silent tickles I now miss.
The games that we played
All day long
Movies we watched
And all my favorite songs.
Writing the poems and posts
On those lonesome nights
The creativity inside me
Kissed greater heights.
And then came the darkness
Flooding the dawn
My passion screamed tears
My heart thus mourned
I crave to write, to touch
The desire to see you again
Pouring thoughts and my world
‘Cause that’s what can keep me sane.
For you, I’ll wait
My love all day
Come back to me
Just find a quicker way.
Thanks Jyotsna for trusting my insanity and craziness and making me a partner for this poem. It was a real REAL pleasure, and hopefully, there would be more to come.
