Ravenous You & Insatiable Me

Enslaved, ravenous you
Bartering your soul at every turn.
Robotic, insatiable me
Unable to savor, unwilling to see.
Consenting, complicit we
Embracing a world of mediocrity.

Entranced by virtual promises
Essence lost, hours burned.
Yesteryear’s gems
Nevermore yearned:
The tip of a hat
Or tale to unfurl.

Cordial conversations
In airports and quays
Those filling the void of dreaded delays
Today are replaced by an eerie silence
But for the dragging of wheels
Or moment of guidance.

We, eager combatants
Plowing through time
As if renewable
And not sublime.
We, grantors of our own license
To be further confined.

Emulating the lonely corner
In an over-adorned room
And the resounding echo
In one battered and torn.
We sift through the pages
Of unrelenting noise.

Effacing the space 
Within our gaze,
That ephemeral haze
We once saved.
No longer of service
No longer sustained.

Egos now branded
Onto our screens
Our essence forlorn
As we float in a dream.
Impulsive, obsessed, complicit are we
Embracing a life of complacency.

Photo by Alina