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.
May 27, 2019
May 27, 2019 at 2:41 PM UTC
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.
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