The Complete and Utter Lack of Words

Does anyone talk anymore?
Talking has gone the way of the dinosaurs
Using your thumbs to text a message
Looking at a screen watching words appear
That is what we have become
A world without the spoken words
Accents, emotions and personality
Don’t exist any longer
No one ever speaks face to face
People don’t even stops to say hello
Smiles are reduced to a :).
You never have to meet your best friend
Falling in love is through words only
People are just pixels on a computer screen
Is that the way we should live?
No one will tell me because no one talks
And that is a shame
Copyright © | Year Posted 2009

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Buckner Avatar
May 24, 2009 at 2:59 PM
Very well put!
Bird Avatar
May 21, 2009 at 8:46 PM
Yes, Robert in a lot of ways technology has hurt us but, helped us too. Such a shame that people don't take the time to talk, it is a lost art much like listening is. Well said here friend.
K Avatar
May 21, 2009 at 8:26 PM
Sad but true, technology has corrupted us, well put -jessica
Leccese Avatar
May 21, 2009 at 8:25 PM
Two thumbs up! I really like this one! It speaks so much truth. Keep it up Robert! Nate
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