A Poem by Kayla Monaghan
He laughs at a short ten seconds
They at the bug eyed bats from a far away land
I stare around at the distracted faces
All of them forgetting...
Forgetting how it feels to hear
How to speak with beauty
How to stand up and lead with civility
Language looks at us sadly and says:
“Humanity loves screens more than me.
Why should I remain, only mocked to be?”
Stay! I want to cry
But my tongue has gone mute
And there is only a small sigh
Because why would Eloquence and Grace
Want to come and play
When nobody can say more than “hey”
How sad we have become
Cute cats and big stars suck our time
Through a smoothie straw
Giving us the brain freeze
Letters, watches, and eyes
Have been tantalized
Lured in, a moth to a flame
A buzz, a ring, a distant call
Have become far too near
Patience has been kicked to the curb
“We don’t need you anymore”
A tear falls from my eye
As the world becomes individualized
The idea of family stamped in the mud, left years behind
I will dig, fingers scraping
Hands frozen as my heart grows warm
I must find that beautiful feeling
Of unity and gentleness
That is only found when we open our mouths
Our eyes must connect
Not just through a text
For a person’s voice can be as tight as a hug
Sweetness seeping in between each syllable
See what beauty comes from a flower like love?
The fever is growing worse
Youngsters’ hands are glued to touchscreens
Eyes locked tight and if they can’t have,they scream
Teens have their hearts shattered
In less time than it takes to breathe
Not all evil intents has Technology
Yet still we grow sicker and sicker
Imagination leaking out faster than
The water in a faucet of an old sink
Ears loose the ability to hear hidden messages
Found in those around them
What can we do?
It races by at the speed of light
Is wifi crucial to survive?
Identify the temptation
So we can find a vaccination
A dose of smiles and human contact might do the trick
Look around and notice the blue sky
A sight we take for granted because it resides in our minds
But its arms can help those in a fix
And we must be careful not to feed this epidemic