arvind shah: Shall We Be Still

Shall We Be Still

Looking out grim through the tough glass panels

from the waiting lounge of the high-tech airport,

see queues of big winged steel birds standing still

immovable like dumb model structures.

And here comes the announcement for me:

global software system to run computers,

navigate airplanes and give you any updates

crashed into dysfunction, but the repair work is on,

we will update you as soon as we receive inputs.

Six hours of stillness, I am like the still steel bird

across the wall of the tough glass panels -

we both, the bird and me are hostage of tilted development

stuck in useless stillness - the bird wants to fly

and I too want, not to idle, so try my pen

to tell you - to beckon you - to question you.

Shall we be still in tilted social development psy

crashed and cracked, losing connect and hold

to go developed into the haze of clouds and dampness #?!

arvind shah