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the digital footprint
a modern record.
how we keep score,
as we move forward.

hieroglyphics,
poetry and sonnets,
philosophical teachings,
those things so far from us,

yes, they’re quite the same.

only now this time,
it’s constantly flowing
through a digital frame,
in a different way.

the humour
the laughter
the delight and wonder
the experience of human nature
we truly never change

we’ve kept score
it’s all the same

our existence in the world,
being noted,
being recognised,
to show we’re here;
we existed.

we experience.
we observe.
we reflect.
we create.
we document.
we remember.

like those moments,
like those eras,
like those people,
from before.

we learn about them,
day in, day out.
we learn from a distance,
removed from those times.

yet, living a life
near identical.

just in a
different
shape.

at a different
time.

we are the parallel,
we are the reflection,
we are the consequence,
we are the continuation,
we are the mirror,
to those who came before us.
they are part of us.
they may even be us.

so, we do what they do.
we do what they dreamed.

the impossible
from their eyes.

…now so mundane to our eyes.


a new frontier
a new facet of life.

the digital footprint
a new proof of life.
maybe if i,
go out into the world
searching through
a sea of eyes
hoping yours will meet mine
you will appear?

maybe if i
close my eyes
squint them tight
and then open,
you will appear?

maybe if i
check my chart
or check the stars
to see what is coming,
you will appear?

maybe if i
take a look at the cards
shuffle through my decks
what jumps out?
what can i understand?
when will you appear?

maybe if i
get on my knees
put my hands together
hold them tight
speak a few words to my God,
you will appear?

maybe
in my mind’s eye
if i imagine
you and i
maybe
just maybe
you will come to life?
you will appear?

i’m staring at
an empty void
looking at a blank wall
laying in an empty bed
holding a quiet phone
waiting for you to appear.

now i’m not so sure.
i’ve done it all.
everything i can try.
i don’t know what to do.
hard to believe you’ll show now…
will you ever appear?
melting into serenity
a feeling so unique and special
relaxation that is unprecedented
i can’t even describe it
just imagine
unimaginable relief
above the clouds,
not wanting to come down from
above the clouds

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