Marilene Evans Poet Free verse

The Digital World

THE DIGITAL WORLD

Here we are living in a digital world.
Almost everything in a click of our phone
or computer or other electronic devices
and in a blink we see or hear what we want.

So we see families gathered at a table
to celebrate occasions and they are
all glued to their phones, watching or
googling, texting or playing games.
No one is even talking to each other.

It is what it is …. Or is it?
 
And yes, we don’t even need to move.
We can do some things without moving,
no need to get up from conveniently sitting 
by calling another electronic device, Alexa.

Then they complain why they are gaining
weight, fatigued or tired or having
body aches, dizziness, plainly being
lazy, unmotivated, hardly moving.

It is what it is …. Or is it?

Gone are the days when mothers
were watching their toddlers play.
Little boys pulling the string tied
around one end of a little box or carton.
Little girls playing with rag dolls.

Now, toddlers are watching cartoons,
kids’ shows or playing games in television, 
iPads, phones while mothers do housework
or work, chat, google while remotely glancing
or occasionally checking on them.

It is what it is …. Or is it?  

Is it the digital world invading us?
Or is it us consuming everything digital?


12/7/20    It Is What It Is...  Or Is It? Poetry Contest
    John Lawless

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