Kale Brereton Poet Free verse

Lil Expensive Box

Woken up angry
Discontent
Woke up on the wrong side of bed
Couldn’t find the lil expensive box
I hold in my hand

It brings me music
It brings me sound
So angry I couldn’t find it
So angry it wasn’t around

This lil expensive box
I hold in my hand
We are attached
Like blood in my veins 
Like oxygen
In the air I breathe

It makes me so connected
Dings and rings when strangers like my status
Or my pictures they have glanced at

This lil expensive box
I hold in my hand
I cant put it down
Me and this lil box have become one
I cant stop staring at it
Cant stop scrolling up and down
It has me under a trance
Has me under its spell

This lil expensive box
I hold in my hand
Has made me disconnected and alone
This lil expensive box
Isn’t a gift
Its addiction
In a shell
I cant look up anymore
I must look down

This lil expensive box
I hold in my hand
Has taken over my life
Its disconnected
A face to face connection

Relationships are under attack
With family n friends
With time not spent wisely
With love not given
With moments gone
Never to come back
As I sit here scrolling
Till the screen goes black

Kale Brereton
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/27/technology/apple-screen-time-trackers.html

Www.thefreethinkinghuman.com
Twitter; @thefreethinkin5

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Sand Blown December 5, 2018 at 12:05 PM ya man...so happy we didn't have those back in the beatnik days Kale Brereton January 1, 2019 at 9:51 AM No doubt! Thanks for the comment Sand

Sara Kendrick December 5, 2018 at 11:41 AM Creative way to express the use of maybe a cell phone or a tablet. Yes, we all need less computer, TV and the like time. Enjoyed reading your work. Sara Kale Brereton January 1, 2019 at 9:13 AM Thanks for the comment Sara! I was hoping to bring to light the silent pandemic of addiction to electronic devices and their impact on our daily lives. It’s something very common, yet, not spoken of very often. Thank you for the comment and I wish you the best in the coming year.