" I have No Time"

A twelve-hour journey has
now shrunk to four hours,
Yet the man says -- no time.

A family of twelve is now
just two,
Yet the man says -- no time.

A message that once took four weeks,
now takes four seconds,
Yet the man says -- no time.

Once it took years to see
the face of a distant person,
Now it appears in seconds,
Yet the man says -- no time.

The time and effort it took
to move around the house,
Now ends in seconds,
with a lift.
Yet the man says -- no time.

The man who once stood in bank line for h ours,
Now completes transactions on his mobile,
Yet, the man says -- no time.

Medical tests that once took weeks,
Now happen in a few hours,
Yet the man says -- no time.

While riding an Activa,
one hand on the handle,
the other on the phone --
Because he doesn't have
time to stop and talk.

While driving a car, one hand
on the steering,
the other on WhatsApp,
Because he has no time.

When traffic jams, he jumps
lanes to create a new one,
Because he has no time.

When alone, he's relaxed,
But becomes restless in
the presence of others --
Because he has no time.

No time to read books,
No time to call parents,
No time to meet a friend,
No time to enjoy nature

But --
He has time for IPL,
Time for Netflix,
Time for pointless reels,
Time to debate politics -
But no time for himself.

The world became
simpler, faster,
Technology came closer,
distances disappeared,
Comforts increased,
Opportunities grew.
Yet man kept saying no time,
and drifted away from himself.

To sit silently,
To speak with oneself,
To understand oneself,
Or to simply laugh for a few
pure moments --
He says no time.

And then one day,
Time itself slips away.
In that final moment, he realizes --
There was time...
but kept saying no time
and forgot to live.

So today, decide -- Keep a little time for yourself.
Give a little time to relationships.

Live a little for your heart, your peace, the essence of life.
Because no time is not a truth --
It's just a habit
and it needs to change.