Rhythmic Rhymes

Since some time now she has a tenant new, In the past was just a visitor, now has taken a permanent room, Needs no permissions, walks around free, Epasses required only for humans, you see. She doesn't know really where all the feelings reside, But this tenant has torn her apart from inside, No longer a stranger, he now has a name, "Fear" he is called, has quite a negative fame. Both hope & happiness fled that day, When this new tenant forced his stay, Sadness and anger cower down in depths, Overpowered by feelings of dread. And from then began the darkest phase, Since when just mechanically dragged all days, Indifference, apathy, hopelessness are all that's left, Almost as though all feelings are in a vegetative state. It's not just her, but many that are in a similar plight, Active on the face, but practically dead inside, Mind numb, not an emotion in the heart, Just that fear their world around was falling apart. Who knows now whether this a temporary flow,...

I sit at my window sill and stare, Stare at my world around and how it has gone suddenly silent, People have not lost their voices, their opinions, But I can sense a void in the air around me. I walk down the lane outside in search of some essentials, See the lack of hustle bustle on the generally busy road, Deserted locality it seems, like a calamity has relocated them elsewhere, It is true, only they are in their secure homes. A hyperactive generation, which sees home as a B&B, Suddenly forced to acknowledge their surroundings and family, Parties, movies, eating out, working late - the new lifestyle cultivated, Suddenly has brakes put on it indefinitely. Busy people, living a full but superficial life otherwise, Now have time to face their demons within, Childhood hobbies long forgotten in the daily rut, Need to be re-cultivated to utilize the abundance of free time. Social media which had created so many online friends and followers, Now seems...