A Selfie Break

Only the eyes of the room

busy, moving,

on task for the moment,

and distracted from their …

selfies.

This is their world today,

quick chats, twitter, snapchat

and a million selfies in a day.

Yet, now as I look around the room,

They’ve returned,

minds that is.

Their thoughts, notions, plans

are all interconnected with their

ability to co-exist with one another.

Earbuds and backpacks,

their lives in a small package,

quiet, reading, reacting to their own needs,

without a desire to stop.

Forward, fluid realities

are so much more inviting than,

stopping the game.

Selfies,

The end game,

the moment that forever is lost,

only to be replaced by a different tone

later when the atmosphere has

changed.

Here in the library,

old fashioned I know,

they still wait for the words,

surreal visions,

reasons to wonder

quick, immediate, gratifying

lives

fly across the monitor,

… the stacks look lonely …