The Man Who Went Offline

It wasn't hard to turn it off.
I felt like I was free.
Until I started missing life
connected virtually.

The world was now inside of me
and I was now it's slave.
Where fear of stepping out to be
was more than I could brave.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2017

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June 15, 2017 at 9:25 PM
Imagination is in the back seat to virtual reality, so sad...
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