May 31
Swipe
Swipe
I’m bored
Swipe
Swipe
Stuck
In a cycle
That I can’t
escape
Swipe
I’m programmed
Now To want
That instant
gratification
Swipe
That comes
From a
30 second clip
About nothing
In particular
Swipe
Swipe
Swipe
…
———
I miss the days when I would sit and play in the yard. I would make mud pies and cake and just be a curious, simple kid.
Nowadays, you look around at a restaurant, and the minute a kid says anything loudly or wiggles in their seat, the parents give them a tablet.
My kids are never having tablets.
To satiate ourselves, we’ve seemed to somewhere swipe away our simple senses.
We’ve forgotten what it’s like to be entertained by words on an unmoving, dull page.
We’ve forgotten what it’s like to sit and listen to the birds - or even to listen to a podcast or anything over 10 minutes.
Our lost city is our simplicity.
When will we dig it up again?
———
We’ve forgotten what it’s like to be bored.
And that’s dangerous.
Those that are easily bored are easily manipulated, because they’ll grasp onto anything that comes their way in a desperate attempt to escape from their inner silence.
Swipe
I’m bored
Swipe
Swipe
Stuck
In a cycle
That I can’t
escape
Swipe
I’m programmed
Now To want
That instant
gratification
Swipe
That comes
From a
30 second clip
About nothing
In particular
Swipe
Swipe
Swipe
…
———
I miss the days when I would sit and play in the yard. I would make mud pies and cake and just be a curious, simple kid.
Nowadays, you look around at a restaurant, and the minute a kid says anything loudly or wiggles in their seat, the parents give them a tablet.
My kids are never having tablets.
To satiate ourselves, we’ve seemed to somewhere swipe away our simple senses.
We’ve forgotten what it’s like to be entertained by words on an unmoving, dull page.
We’ve forgotten what it’s like to sit and listen to the birds - or even to listen to a podcast or anything over 10 minutes.
Our lost city is our simplicity.
When will we dig it up again?
———
We’ve forgotten what it’s like to be bored.
And that’s dangerous.
Those that are easily bored are easily manipulated, because they’ll grasp onto anything that comes their way in a desperate attempt to escape from their inner silence.
