15h
Phone-diction
Became a conviction
Everyone is bound
Without exception
Phone-world
Offers no restriction
It's a convenient space
No eviction
Phone-time
Equals the injection
Of dopamine
There's no rejection
Phone-crime
Doesn't yet exist
Each year a new smartphone
Seems hard to resist
A phone back in time had this function:
Connection,
These days oftentimes - it's the opposite action,
In search of warmth, love and appreciation,
We lose ourselves in phone-solation.
Became a conviction
Everyone is bound
Without exception
Phone-world
Offers no restriction
It's a convenient space
No eviction
Phone-time
Equals the injection
Of dopamine
There's no rejection
Phone-crime
Doesn't yet exist
Each year a new smartphone
Seems hard to resist
A phone back in time had this function:
Connection,
These days oftentimes - it's the opposite action,
In search of warmth, love and appreciation,
We lose ourselves in phone-solation.
Hopefully this poem can make us become more aware of the madness we're supporting on a daily basis and for starters not take our phone to each room wherever we go. Maybe reading tonight instead of playing that phone game. Maybe calling a friend instead of texting. Maybe turning it off for an hour or two. I believe we can find healthier ways through this. We're not alone and together we can motivate each other. I want to open that space, to start that conversation. The new "normal" can be actually very damaging.
