Did you forget my birthday?

 

There was always a rush of good wishes

In the morning,

But today the wishes had clogged

All her devices,

For it was her birthday today.

Per her morning ritual,

She marked all messages as read

En bloc.

Buried in that mountain of wishes,

Was his wish too.

And, it got read without reading.

Still, he waited with thin hope,

And turned in just before midnight.

Till an unknown number rang and said,

'Did you forget my birthday?'

And then his crying wouldn't stop.