Friday, February 20, 2009

Connections are everything?


Wirelessly
Soullessly
Connected
Are we?

Are we really
Close? Bracketed?
Barriers broken by
Mere signals... bits....packets!

What about other signals?
Impulses from the brain
Why aren't they connected
To others', in the cyber game?

Connections indeed ho!
Where is connectivity?
Limited to broadband, EVDO
Aren't we...

A strange online world
Connections thought to be established
Feeling less, meaningless
Hypothetical
Hypocritical
Connections

Copyright Uni Balloony 2009
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15 comments:

Awais said...

I wonder whether hyperconnectivity is the inspiration behind the poem or disconnectivity :) nicely written.

sas said...

if you think about it, the major connection between human beings is communication..And that is either signals/packets whatever..

Soullessly
this was a thought provoking line...

nicely written :)

Salman Latif said...

Well....we're connected through more than mere packets from our screens.
Those packets do stir feelings and that's what breathes life to them. (:

Saad Javed said...

@feelingless

so true! and sad!

Anonymous said...

lolzzzzzz @ Copyright Uni Balloony 2009

sas said...

I din't notice the change from cartoony to balloony....what triggered that change :)?

Chumpoo said...

well yes. Connection is everything. It's actually CONNECTION(making dua) with Allah(SWT) that keep giving us hope to lead life.

p.s: A good attempt.

Komal said...

Nice work (:

Uni said...

@Awais
The motivation was er.. I guess I was thinking of how millions and millions of people are said to be connected ... and how connection is meant to be such a meaningful word..

And how unattached are we.. even though all one sees around the room is bunch of wires and more wires :)

Er..I dunno if it makes sense.. Strange mood main likhi gayee hay :)

Thank you for reading :)

@Komal
Thank you :)

Uni said...

@sas
Yep. It sure is. But there is a difference I just pointed out.. when we communicate with each other (close ones) that communication main and meaningless connectivity main farq hee yeh hay keh the latter involves a lot of wires.. but not real emotions..
Wavelengths of brain aren't involved.. like, the signals and impulses that matter aren't involved,... man seems to be immersed in the cellular signals only...

(cellular and otherwise of course)..

:) Thank you for reading

@Anonymous :P

Thanks :D It's fitting for sure :P
Uh.. yeah. That was it.

Uni said...

@salman

Yepp... but does it happen with all we're CONNECTED with?

That was the point.. :S

@Saad

It was meant to be :D

@sas again .(sorry forgot)..

Ummmmmm.... rhyme :P.. Uni.. Balloony... Cartoony.. these all fit.. and in more ways than just the "qaafia" :S

Thanks for reading!

Uni said...

@Chumpoo

**grinning**... A fitting name :)

And yeah... that is another wireless connection :) Thanks for pointing out..

But that wasn't exactly what the poem was about..

But I do agree with you that that connectivity should give some hope to the hopelessness of this connectivity..

Thanks for dropping by :)

tahir said...

User-to-Network Interface, I mean, UNI ki bhi kuch feelings hoti hain, kabhi socha hi nahi...:D:D

Super Post!...:)

Zohaib Aslam said...

Nicely written.... shows that you did get something out of your telecom degree :P lols ... just kidding....


@ tahir
lols man ... that was hilarious.... UNI ki bhi kuch feelings hoti hain :D:D

Uni said...

**grinning from ear to ear**

User to Network Interface :D:D:D... I remember being all pleased when we did that in ATM.. (I think Filters walay teacher kay sath parha tha) :D

And thank you :)

@Zohaib..

:D That IS actually what I got from the degree

So you hit the nail on the head :D.. even though you meant it as a joke!

Thanks for dropping by !