Mobile Devices
You may see me,
You may know me,
But you can’t hear me.
Laughter may be good for the heart
but doesn’t the connections of humanity
grow the heart, the mind, the soul?
So put down your mobile devices
because maybe the world will still turn
if your fingers aren’t constantly typing.
Because maybe entertainment and communication
never leave your hands,
but are your hands now holding love and life
or are they holding something else entirely?
Somehow pictures the size of playing cards
can advance you in ways eye contact can’t.
And somehow the absence of physical touch
has replaced the essence of
beating hearts.
Maybe it’s better. But,
You may see me
You may know me
But you can’t hear me.
You can’t willingly live life deaf.
You can’t live life without reaching out
to touch the walls of your neighbors
and maybe lay your forehead on their stones
and feel the heat
of someone who has walked miles with you.
So put down the mobile devices.