There was a time…
There was a time where we
All had human connections,
Face to face connections,
Where did it go?
There was a time where we
Lived each day to the fullest,
Controlled our life
And now our life is controlled
By technology, we live for the robots
When we ourselves will become
The robots
They are now our friends
We chat we laugh out loud
But is it real laughter?
There was a time where we could
Sit at the dinner table
Talk at the dinner table
Not be mesmerized by a screen
of others eating at the dinner table
there was a time where we couldn’t
feel the emptiness
That is consuming us because
our phone wasn’t ringing
We are truly alone.
There was a time where
Our phones didn’t talk to us
they didn’t contain more emotions
And more connections to us
Then we do have with our neighbour.
Our so-called friends now “like” us
And “friend” us
Without even knowing us.
We prefer our phones
To people because
Our phones are now our
People
Walk by us
Stand in a Starbucks line
But we don’t look at people
We look at a phone
We’ve stopped talking to people
Because its become easier on a phone
To type ily
Not look someone in the eyes
And say I love you
There was a time
We wouldn’t listen for the Beep
We wouldn’t jump for the beep
Because we lose ourselves to this beep
Because what makes us happy
shouldn’t be a beep.
There was a time when
we made connections with a smile
And loved each other
Not “like” the picture I posted
The perfect picture
That hides my flaws my imperfections
When now our biggest flaw
Is the very thing we use to hide them.
There was a time…
Here is a sketch I made for my poem. Its called “My life on a phone.” It represents how even in a place such as a park which is outdoors and full of activities, we still rely on our phones. There is even a couple but they are to busy taking pictures for social media to connect with each other. I tried to capture our need for our phones and loss of connections in the basics of our life.