Sometimes
sometimes we look around
And wonder
What happened?
Nowadays
Herds of adults saunter hastily around
Black rings dragging down their cheeks,
As they muddle about their rushed routine,
Only to repeat the same routine Again the next day
And the day after
And again the day after that
Stuck in their ring of ceaseless, pointless tasks
What exactly changed between then and now?
Why were
The action figures were replaced by smartphones?
The books replaced by consoles?
Why did we go from
Dressing up of dolls to being dolls?
Childishly braiding hair for fun to stressful fashion?
What happened
To hearing songbirds beckoning you to rise,
Rather than the dreaded monotonous eep
To the casual white blouse
Rather than countless brand specific garments
Of course
There is nothing to say that change is purely bad
Some may see this change as marvelous, remarkably splendid,
Fantastic beyond words!
Never do we progress by keeping everything the same
But
Did we need progress that leaves us encircled pollution?
Or has it improved now with much safer and less back breaking labour?
We ignore the Echo of the past as we hanker after our ideals
The rippling image of the future reflected in our watery minds
Rarely do we think about what we could achieve
If only
We stopped Narcissistically staring at our Digital selves
And took a break
To learn about
Our surroundings
Maddie Rico
