How we cheapen ourselves
for the sake of the masks we wear.
For the sake of popularity.
For the sake of self-satisfaction.
We may take our lives to extremes,
vicariously,
or hidden here in social media.
And for what?
So that we can feel
included,
lift our spirits,
while we rest on our asses and let life pass us by.
Go out, I say
Taste the vapours of outdoors
Hear the sounds of real traffic
Not that of the hits on your site
I say while I sit
In the vacuum of my internetz
Linda G. Hill 
I agree.
Life will happen
and I will be there
with grass up to my ankles
the sun on my eyelashes
and my palms against
the tie-dyed sky,
not trapped in some
office cubicle
crunching cold numbers
with high-speed machines
while breathing processed air
nor propped up
on an unkempt bed
ingesting “reality” from TV
Nice. Good for you. 🙂
This is fantastic. Excellent points, every one.
Thank you very much. 🙂