Last updated on July 8, 2022
Gone Global
here I am
at the keys
the world has
gone mad
maybe it always was
and we didn’t know it none
‘cause nobody really showed it
24/7
365 days
season to season
now everywhere ‘ya go
heads are down
and they ain’t praying
they’re scrolling an endless feed
on their never-leave-home-without-it-trusty-cell
phone
I’m not knocking technology per-se
I love Google and YouTube and Netflix
just as much as the next guy
but in increments of time
where ‘ya step away
get up and get out
as ‘ya get older and older and older
it becomes valuable
this ticking thing called
TIME
in a way you didn’t quite get
when you were 16
or in your 20s, 30s,
40s
I look over at 93
sleeping sound
that’s all he’s got now
in his control
is shut-eye
dreaming way up high
on a John Deere
or driving his ‘ole pick-up truck
with his little dog riding shot-gun
if the pandemic taught us anything about anything
at all
it taught us an ounce
of appreciation
for the little things in life
that are big
for a hot second
we were all elderly
or behind bars
locked away
behind a mask
now everybody’s angry about
something or another
or too sad to care
one way or the other
what do ‘ya tell the children
coming up
how do ‘ya protect ‘em
from it all
‘ya can’t
they’re gonna have to be
strong
mentally strong
right outta the gate
to make it
or else
they’re gonna be down
and out
before the bell
even rings
there has to be a foundation
a belief in their being
and all they’re capable of
to leave the world
better
than they found it
in some small way
that adds up
and ripples out
like a drop
of rain
TL