ONCE NOT SO LONG AGO
WE WERE DIGITALLY UNCONNECTED
TO THE PSYCHE OF THE WORLD
YET WE HAVE BEEN DRAWN
INTO A VORTEX OF 7 BILLION MINDS
WHICH WE FIND IT HARD TO FREE OURSELVES
WITHIN THE WEB'S OMNIPOTENT GRASP
EVERY SECOND HOUR DAY WE ARE
OPEN TO ITS VIRTUAL CLASP
SIMPLE ORDINARY ENJOYABLE
PLEASURES AND LEISURES
SEEM TO HAVE TO TAKE A BACKSEAT
FROM THE TENTACLES
OF OUR SUPER OPTIC HIGHWAY
TO INVADE EACH CELL OF OUR MINDS
RENDERING US DESENSITIZED
TO WHAT WE USED TO CARE ABOUT
NOW TO IT WE ARE SEEMINGLY BLIND
OUR THOUGHTS ATTITUDES AND RITUALS
NOW SUBLIMINALLY APPREHENDED
FOR CORPORATIONS, GOVERNMENTS ADVERTISERS
TO PLAY AND SWAY IN OUR MALLEABLE STATE
FORGOTTEN PASTIMES AND INTERESTS NO LONGER HABITUAL
WHERE WILL THE END OF THIS VIRTUALITY
BLACKEN OUT FOREVER OUR SENSE
OF A MORE MANAGEABLE SUSTAINABLE REALITY
IS OUR EXISTENCE AS WE KNOW IT
GOING TO RESIST ITS FOUNDATIONS OF FORMALITY
ARE WE SO WILLINGLY GOING TO FORGO
ALL WE TREASURED AND KNEW
SO COMPATIBILITY WE RESIST
OUR FOUNDATIONS OF PROTOCOL
WHAT WE PERCEIVE AS NORMALITY
THAT IS THE BIG QUESTION
IS ITS ANSWER BE THE RIGHT ONE
WILL ITS IMPLICATIONS BEAT A SYSTEM
THAT HAS US IN THE WEB'S LOCK DOWN
MORE DEADLY THAN ANY DISEASE
IMPERATIVE NEED TO CHANGE OUR COURSE
ENLIGHTENMENT THERE FOR ALL TO SEIZE
Copyright Natasha Anne Kelleher
JUNE 2020
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