It's been a while since I read...

The world had shrunk

Into the screens of phones.

They were living, breathing, walking around

Glued to their cell-phones,

Falling in love with the texts and symbols

And not with the real persons;

Unhappy, addicted.

No one has time for the books

While the dust gathers on bookshelves.

"Come on, be a sport. Who goes to the library?", they say.

Restless, lost, bored;

The doors to happiness and wonder

Are locked, you see,

With all the answers and hopes inside.

The buried stories

And all the peace, wasted...

Who has the time to read?