Caught in The World of Busyness
written by: Chandrika R Krishnan
Cooking for one is a chore
Eating in silence chokes
Watching television turns a bore
After days of not stepping out.
Alone at home,
Awaiting your call
Your old mother spends
Many an hour and days.
Far away in the land of chrome and light
From the world of meetings and targets
A promise of a return call furthest from your mind….
You head for a beer with your teammates.
And then you look at your watch
Remembering the promised call
It is too late, you mutter
And sleep soundlessly in your bed.
Across the seas, your mother
Wakes up worried if all is well
As there is neither a message
Nor a return call.
Chandrika R Krishnan, is a Bengaluru-based writer and educationist, who likes all things beginning with a ‘T’ - talking, teaching, tales, and tea. Her 300 odd articles, poems, and stories have found a home in both print and online media in the likes of Spillwords, Whetstone, Funny Pearls, Strands LitShere, Reedsy, Khabar, New Woman, The Hindu, Deccan Herald, Jakarta Post and Good Housekeeping India besides being long-listed in the Australian Writers’ center and short-listed in Strands International Fiction contest. She is a published author, and her collection of flash fiction titled, Vignettes - a Slice of Life, is available on Amazon along with her other anthologies.
Latest posts by Chandrika R Krishnan (see all)
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