Poetry
Shallow Labyrinth
A poem about online life
How is it I walk in this maze with no exit?
The delightful never filling well, consumes me
With each like, each heart, each thumbs up, I walk deeper
The dusky clouds of mental fog and haze become my companions
The more I walk, the more I become lost
Desperately trying to escape this soulless route laden with deadly enticement
Is that a light I see hidden behind the shadows?
Or is it another bright object vying for my attention?
Perhaps If I chase it, I might find a way out
And so I chase, chase chase
As I draw closer the saving light escapes me
My heart yearns to be whole again. To escape this path of shadows
To remember my wholeness. My Beauty. My Worth
To remember myself before I walked into this shallow labyrinth
Poet’s commentary
This poem is inspired by the ridiculousness of our collective attachment to digital devices, and too excessive use of the Internet and social media. It can be an endless overflowing well of shallow experience, and information. Flooding our senses and cluttering our minds.
I want to curate my life in a manner where I am more intentional about where I gift my attention. Because I see the pointlessness of spending so much time on a vast online sea of mostly nonsense.
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