A simple poem that looks at our close but distant bond with smartphones. It shifts between feeling connected and alone, highlighting the moment when digital distractions fade, allowing us to hear our own inner thoughts again.

# Life Beyond the Screen #

A light
in my hand.

Not the sun,
not a flame—
yet I turn to it
again
and again.

It knows my name
through passwords,
remembers me
in fragments.

I scroll—
and the world
keeps happening
without asking
how I feel.

Faces pass.
Voices flicker.
Nothing stays
long enough
to become real.

And still,

in the dark,
I hold it closer
as if it might
understand.

But it does not ache.
It does not wait.
It does not love me back.

It only reflects—

a pair of tired eyes,
searching
for something
unnamed.

So I stop.

For a moment—
just one—

I let the screen go dim.

And in that small,
unlit space,

I hear it—

not a notification,
not a call—

but my own life,
soft, unfinished,
still trying
to reach me.

(Vijay Verma)
www.retiredkalam.com

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