A World Without Friction
A World Without Friction


Increase in wear and tear
On the road, the car that we steer
Friction affects speed and efficiency
Be it in normal times or an emergency
Touching the finish line becomes unpredictable
Running errands too become uncomfortable
They say the difficulty that you face
Is actually friction on the surface
Is friction a necessary evil?
Oh! How I want to solve that puzzle
To think of a world without friction
I paused and posed with my imagination
Seamlessly floated many questions
Topsy-turvy a world of reciprocal functions
How will we hold on to the ground?
Every action will become out
of bound
Pencils will slip, on the paper ink will spill
Buildings will fall whether in the plains or on the hills
Objects on the slope will all lose balance
A bullet fired will travel a longer distance
No roll, neither the kick to the ball
Lack of the push, gone will be the pull
Open shoelaces and the stumble and the fall
Bygone will be all the meticulous control
Shaking hands and legs rickety
How to hold the glass when thirsty
And now with eyes at the metaphorical vantage point
Piercing through the microscopic bonds
I sit and think, should friction bid us adieu, what we will do?