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Feelings Lost
By Clentin
We once embraced and knocked our knees
Now we are tied to our phones and keys
Human interaction seems to fade away
As our internet capabilities are here to stay
Plucking away on the facebook page
Sends me into an inner rage
Watching our young and how they react
Has changed our lives and that’s a fact
How can we teach them how to enjoy a touch
A warm embrace, the thrill of a crush
Interaction is what we really need
To form a society that will be freed
To stop our moans and groans
We need to limit time on our phones!
The Generational Divide
by Tigger Kaz
Separated by years,
But also by fears.
By changing attitudes,
This generational divide,
Divided by a techno cyanide.
Like a zombie curse
Or something worse.
Glued to their phones,
Decaying cells in their mind ,
More and more become unkind.
Like sluggish snails,
Their memory fails.
Their luddite ways,
Society's loss they mourn,
In this techno killing scorn.
Youth's lost connection,
Their fatal distraction..
Yet they may well wonder,
In their solitary bubble for one,
What they've lost, and what's been won?
Yet, the elderly have each other,
Kindly care for sisters and brothers
Content with all the simple things,
In a connected loving way.
Gracefully awaiting their final day.
Let's jump right back to the start,
To ask which duo has a heart?
And which seems so distantly cold?
In this tale of generational divide,
Though so near they've chosen sides.
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