Shall We Go Still Poem by arvind shah

Shall We Go Still
- Arvind Shah -

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 19/07/2024 IGI Airport New Delhi