Caren Krutsinger Poet Free verse

Dear People of 3025

Dear People of 3025
a thousand years ago we were doing what you do
living, working, eating, sleeping, dreaming, hoping, listening, learning

but now we are dust while you are where we were
your world is probably a lot different than ours was.
We went from putting man on the moon – possibly a hoax
to personalized phones and computers
we thought we were high tech

the more we became tech-savvy the less we were family oriented
in my youth (1950 to 1970) children were outside most of the time
riding scooters, riding bikes, playing ball, jump rope or running games

after technology got ahold of us the children began staying in the house
they were no longer a part of a child community of laughing and running
they gained weight, and began ignoring their families

the parents also became addicted to computer, phone and TV screens
People stopped having family dinners. The laughter was not the same.
The sense of joy was gone, no one listened to anyone else.

It got worse and worse and worse, which may have been the end of our civilization.
It is unclear to me, for I did not live past Year 2044.

Here is my advice to you. Pay attention to your family – play with your children.
Go outside and run, jump, skip, hop. Eat healthy vegetables. I wonder if you are
still eating animals now? It is something to ponder.

Be a family. Play games. Spend time listening to each other.
Most of all – love each other. God put us here for one reason.
To share as much love as possible.

Which is why I am sending this message to you.
I hope it gets to you.
Love, a Person Who has Learned

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