Telephone

 Telephone

The telephone is the greatest nuisance among conveniences, the greatest convenience among nuisances.

Robert Staughton Lynd.

Telephone brought the world close

And took the near ones far away

 Words can travel round the world

But near ones can't hear what we say.

There was a time we waited

Eagerly for a trunk call.

Now the world is in our palm 

And the phone stuck to our eye ball.

The technology that tied our hand

And captured our brains

Children sitting with bent heads

Not enjoying splashing in the rains.

Vasant Khisty