avatarAswin

Summary

The web content is a reflective poem that contrasts the speaker's current routine with nostalgia for the past, while also contemplating the nature of time and progress.

Abstract

The poem "Old Times I Yearn For" delves into the speaker's longing for simpler times, juxtaposing the mechanical nature of modern life with the warmth of past memories. It narrates the daily grind of waking up to alarms, consuming artificial foods and supplements, dealing with the pressures of work, maintaining a fitness routine, and finally retiring to sleep, all under the shadow of a longing for what once was. The speaker even imagines a conversation with a higher power, questioning the pursuit of a life filled with technology and convenience, and expressing a desire to return to a more authentic existence. The poem concludes with a reminder that despite the nostalgia, the present moment is precious and should not be overlooked.

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  • The speaker feels disconnected from the current reality, expressing a desire to escape the modern routine.
  • There is a sense of irony in the speaker's reliance on technology for daily tasks while yearning for a less complicated past.
  • The poem suggests that the pursuit of progress and convenience has come at the cost of peace and contentment.
  • The speaker questions the value of a life driven by efficiency and productivity, hinting at a critique of contemporary society.
  • A higher power, referred to as "Lord," is imagined as reminding the speaker to appreciate the present, implying a divine perspective on human nostalgia and ambition.
  • The poem conveys a subtle message that despite the allure of the past, the present offers its own unique value and opportunities for happiness.

Old Times I Yearn For

the reality I want to run for…

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Am I blessed or cursed? Gosh, am sober nights getting colder can someone fetch me water? so that I could be better

Lord! offer me a machine yes, the time machine with a badass mission, I know with more caution

Lord: why reason?

The routine

Morning, I get notified not by my body The alarm with melody Honks, beeps & screeching the city is piercing

This how I get waking!

You know how it used to be back then?

The food

started with a coffee added some sugar-free tablets with vitamin-c so that I could work easy

Cling’ — Notification!

Oh, there is some discount In 5 mins it will getaway let me order it right away Thinking this will be a better day

This my all day consuming!

You know how it used to be back then?

The work

ah, my client keeps calling I should start emailing fingers with mouse rolling front of the screen, staring

Sit straight no bending I tell myself, imagining often never do breathing that’s why am now yawning

This my all day grinding

You know how it used to be back then?

The exercise

Sometimes I do twisting, when I sit while working my track band is now beeping reminding me to go walking

I now go run treadmill and then I eat post-meal that’s my scheduled gym deal so that I may not go ill

This my all day flexing

You know how it used to be back then?

The sleep

I go first to restroom coz there’s no nature’s calling to sleep no worries in bedroom to get my good night dreaming

Sometimes I be scrolling oh gosh, there’s no ending the star lights up there in ceiling suddenly I sleep snoring

This is my all day napping

You know how it used to be back then?

and…

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Lord: stop!

Don’t tell me rewinding I gave you life so amazing why you keep say back then? this moment is so golden

you so smart to know these you know to how to live peace pray to me when in need you guys made it with greed

I can't keep on talking if you know them, try then

PERIOD.

~ Aswin ©

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