They have apps for thet

 

I look up at the silver bird

sailing across

the heavenly oceans of sky,

and for a moment

I wonder,

where are you going?

What sits on the horizon for you?

Does that cloud island

have a thousand silver linings hidden below?

I picture storybooks,

filled with answers to why.

I imagine picture postcard landscapes.

Head in hands, I sigh

dreaming of the places

only those metal wings

can describe.

I wonder, where are you going?

But then I remember

there is an app for that

and the magic

dissipates

into wisps that fly.

 

I look up,

at the cool night air.

Is that a star,

or a planet up there,

I wander through wonderlust star dust.

A world so far away from us.

Is there life? Does it sing?

Does it paint in shades of aqua marine?

Do they think like you and me?

Does the air taste completely new?

A citrus tang with starburst sweet overtures.

I look through excited eyes,

are you a planet or a star?

Then I recall I have an app installed

which will tell me precisely that,

and the magic drops

like an asteroid

crashing my thoughts to earth.

 

I look at the green, blue,

pictures of home,

and I wonder if people think like me.

If they see a flower and smile,

If they meet someone from a faraway land,

do they welcome them in,

break bread, and find commonality

before trying all new customs and cuisine?

Do they see the locks of beauty?

Do they hold love like a key?

Or are they all so different

and I'm like the alien from far away?

I wonder to myself hopefully,

Are people kind? Are people open to change?

Are they willing to hold out a hand?

Then I remember

we have apps for that,

and my hope dissipates.

 

I look all around

and I think of how much

I’d like to write it all down,

paint it in words,

so, people would know

this world we inhabit.

I'd like to make art

out of the light and dark.

I'd love to write

of what it means to be human

with a beating heart,

and whilst I know

there are apps that can,

they don't understand

the intricate nature of man.

The artificial can never know

of this life we walk through

each and every day.

So, I will always carry a pen,

and I’ll put my phone away,

see the world through my own eyes

not a camera lens,

and I’ll write it all down

with my own unique spin.

 

 

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