The Need for Sleep

A thought revolves each day

Hovers, tempts, berates

Thookam thevaiya?

Jhopechi garaj aahe ka?

Ki ninda di lora hai?

Kya sona zaroori hai? 

Urrakkam avasayamene?

Le sommeil est-il nécessaire?

No matter how it is asked or the times-a-many

My body responds, 'Yes, indeed!'

It shuts down with my laptop on

And refuses to wake up as alarms gong.

It walks slow, thinks slow,

Stays on in sleep zone.

It is a hungry beast

At least 8 hours of rest it feeds. 

- Written on 21 September 2022. 
- Overheard a conversation between students at TISS and came up with this later on.