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In the noise of the city,
where faces merge with cold screens,
we live in an era of empty echoes
and weary of shouting into the void.

The streets are labyrinths of concrete and glass,
distorted reflections of fragmented dreams,
and advertisements blink like empty promises,
poisoning the mind with unfulfilled desires.

We live in an era of illusory connection,
where smiles are posted and liked
and truth gets lost among filters and hashtags
like a cry stifled in the night.

The ground crumbles beneath our feet
and the future sketches itself as a shadow
displaced and fragmented
on the screen that lights up our tired faces.

There is a melancholy in the softness of touch
as if skin dissolves into pixels
and love has become an algorithm,
calculated and disconnected.

We lose ourselves in the mirror of fame
in an endless search for acceptance,
where individuality dissolves
in the uniformity of consumption.

And as the whistles of machines sound
and yesterday’s news repeats like a mantra,
the world spins, insensitive and indifferent,
and we are small echoes of a forgotten past.

Perhaps the answer lies in disconnection,
in finding a piece of true silence,
where we can breathe without the pressure of images
and remember what it means to be truly human.

In the vastness of the digital desert
we search for something real,
while loneliness is a familiar echo
and hope, a flame that slowly fades...

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Eduardo

Fri 20th Sep 2024 20:45

Martin, as the philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer said, "Life is a constant oscillation between the longing to have and the boredom of possessing".



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Eduardo

Fri 20th Sep 2024 20:43

Uilleam, I appreciate your thoughtful response! You highlight an important paradox in our relationship with technology. While we crave connection with nature for our well-being, it often feels like we’re distracted by our devices, losing touch with our surroundings. The irony of promoting outdoor activities while pushing for more gadgets is striking. It's a reminder of the balance we need to find—embracing the beauty of the world without letting technology overshadow it. And I completely understand your frustration with those reckless YouTube antics! Safety should always come first.



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Martin Peacock

Wed 18th Sep 2024 08:46

Capitalism and consumerism - two sides of the same coin. It is - pardon the pun - a toss-up which is worse, though i personally see no difference. Consumerism creates the desire; capitalism feeds (off) it. And round it goes.

Uilleam Ó Ceallaigh

Wed 18th Sep 2024 07:03

Thanks Eduardo.
I see so much truth in your poem.
"faces merge with cold screens," and "In the vastness of the digital desert".

I daily see people, mostly the younger generation (which for me is anyone under 40 😉) with their noses to mobile phone screens, including mums with babies in prams, crossing busy roads, seemingly unaware of the dangers surrounding them.

When I read articles about walking or running in the great outdoors, which extoll the mental and physical health benefits of being close to nature, they invariably include adverts urging us to buy the latest fashion in "earbuds" and tracking devices of various kinds, with which to cut ourselves off from our surrounding environment...all in the name of selling us stuff..

As for the idiots I see on You Tube, negotiating extremely dangerous mountain terrain while balancing a pair of folded up walking poles in one hand, and a selfie camera in the other....don't get me started.

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