My parents weren’t raised in era of the screen;
A time when I get so caught up in virtual reality
I feel like I could scream.  

We are all products of our environments
But I wish mine was different.

I wish we weren’t a
Screen-obsessed-
Never at rest-
Always wanting to be better than the next-
Trying to live up to unrealistic expectations-
That we see on the screens of these human creations-
uncaring , unaffected, unable to engage generation.

Technology makes life efficient,
But it also makes us belligerent.

& like a bird in a cage
I feel trapped by the age
Of people whose view of the present
Is obstructed by what my parents would call the innovations of the future.