Mujeeb Jaihoon

eMojical Love

Jaihoon’s poem explores the loss of genuine emotion in a world dominated by digital expression, where love and tears are reduced to emojis.

Love, estranged from hearts,
Tears, emptied from eyes.
When both cried in distress,
Lord turned them to emojis.

Published October 24 2018. Edit Sep 2024

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