Measure

 

There’s a new watch that measures everything

The number of steps you walked in a day

How fast you ran

How much you cycled and swam

What if it could tell you how many times to smile

How many words of love you should speak

The number of times you should hug

And how to make someone feel better.

There’s a new watch that measures everything

How long you slept

Whether you dreamt

How often you twitched your eyes

Does it also tell if you have a dream

To make something beautiful

Tell if you rested well

Being completely yourself

There’s an app that measures everything

What you eat

Tells you how much you can eat

It measures the calories

Does it tell how happy you are

Or how sad you feel

How much love there is behind that one serving of dosa

How many memories make up that piece of jaggery

There’s an app that measures everything

How many times to skip

The number of burpees that are good for you

How many lunges are best

What if it could tell to pause and inhale the freshness

To stop and pet that stray

To thank the gardener for his hardwork

To touch the mist on the leaves

What if there was a watch

That could measure what really mattered

What if there was an app

That could tell you

How to love abundantly

What if we are counting a lot

Yet not what counts