Only if

                                 

                                Only if!
                   

Only if...you knew it's bliss
to sit for sometime
and just blink,
Blink for it might feed you
a sense of being alive,
that might console you 
at such a time!

Amidst all that juggling
You should have paused,
Paused while you carried a coffee mug to that car,
Or rushed into that bus
pushing someone aside,
And impatiently breathed into that telephone!

You should have learnt
To build your mind fort
Where you'd stay and maybe grab a drink with yourself...
Made stories about that bald guy with the grey eyes 
Who you'd pushed aside,
And make a song of how your dog licked the coffee in the mug!
And followed you around with a coffee breath!

You should then worry a little,
For your edginess over that call
Maybe you should have closed your eyes,
taken a deep breath,
smack your lips and said,
"Yes miss,take your time,
For I'm still here...
Trying to catch my breath 
and sound all clear!"

Only if you'd built a mind fort...
You'd have felt fine.
But because you didn't
You can call yourself sane,
And the whole pandemic you do blame!
But it's been ages since my mind 
has been quarantined.
And at a time like this,
I'm sorry ,but I feel fine...
And here's a funny poem
I haven't written in a long time!