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Scrolls and Scorches

Scrolls and Scorches

Entry Code: S11PE07

Author: Hrudhya Pralesh

Company: QBurst, Kozhikode

2024 English

In quietude, beep! Buzzed the phone.

Sound waves traveled swiftly to the auditory cortex.

Curiosity crept in to know about the type of notification.

Fingers in the air grabbed it from the table.


"You have one new message," the phone did say.

A simple text message in a digital way:

"I miss u, I miss u, I miss u," it read.

The brain smirked, "Why am I in the Service Provider's head?"


Muscle memory in the fingers irked to click the gram,

Gram of the age, measured not in grams but millions.

Finger nerve endings danced with glee to wake it up.

Boom! Awakened the app, a content universe popped up.


Stories afloat above, like clouds in the air.

Contents stacked up below, like treasures of happiness.

Unread messages on the right, like secrets untold.

As the thumb slid up, eyes searched for more treasures to hold.


One video led to the next, brain captured by the digital dream.

Thumb glides effortlessly, in a dopamine stream.

No stop cue came, as the brain drenched in pleasure.

Dopamine flooding slowly as the eyes discover more treasures.


But then a burning smell, a sudden recall—

The kitchen's alarm, a trigger to reality.

Legs sprinted to action, to cease the heat of the stove.

The occipital lobe deciphered the charred food remains.


Dinner in despair, a victim of distraction's sway.

The brain, a slave to the digital way,

A prisoner of dopamine, lost in the euphoria—

A burnt dinner and a rotting brain.


The brain is deceived by digital dopamine.

Cost is paid for the night but prevent it in the future,

Practice mindfulness than mindless scrolling,

Let your thoughts in and Limit Social media.


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