Chapter I: The Last Offline
The optic nerve in your eye grasps the morning light
You blink yourself into reality but not quite
First and foremost, you must scan a small device
Carefully placed arm's length from your slumber
Begin judging yourself with a notification number
Before rehydrating your body or stretching your legs
Your first moments awake are reading timeline threads
Compelled to respond and view before starting your day
Guilty as charged of the millennial way
Comrades in age
The very first to take stage
In the cyber theater
Enter approval meter
A virtual leader
A delusion breeder
Of a fascinating fixation
A world of simulation
Of unfulfilling conversation
Yet we knew the feeling before it all
When a phone was merely for a call
It was strictly bound to a landline
A melodic memory of a simpler time
Sun and sweat on our skin took priority
A machine did not possess ultimate authority
Children were outside in thick crispy snow
Curiosity quenched with pathways to grow
Goosebumps lined our arms like crops on a farm
No fabricated data to inflict mental harm
Customary dinner at the kitchen table
A family ritual and a screen free staple
Entertainment attained from ideas and imagination
No mindless clicking needed for mental stimulation
The youth ran outside and skinned their knees
They learned from mistakes and were stung by bees
Muscles contracted, blood flowed and made strength
Soak in the outdoors where time had no length
Slapping a film in our face just was not enough
Dirt, grass and park sand made us all tough
No chats or highlight reels; no tapping so mindless
Only credible connection and in-person kindness
Conversation relied solely on the spoken word
It was up to our brains to decipher and infer
No handheld machine to think for ourselves
Just genuine attention and books lined on shelves
Society was well accustomed to patience and poise
Now instant gratification and inappropriate noise
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