the day in virtual reality emailing
Apps
Tweet
online calling always
a device in my hand
that contacts my electronic digital my life
my world my sky my sister
my mother my friend
this my planet
tree grass mud dust bone blood
my wind
not on a device
Pay attention
how wind makes hair
on your arms raise
Pay attention
to star
fire dance
in black velvet vast night
Pay attention
to perfume of magnolia
on breeze
from blocks away
hits you in the face
like I wash of wonderful
Pay attention
this can only happen
if you're alone in focus
without device
In the distance
I hear
roar of highway
I see
red light turn green
21st-century
sidewalk corner
great grandmother's nature
prevails
pushing
her way to cement
stands firm
remembering
tree on lawn with roots going deep
ancient
Pay attention
the story is underfoot
and still there to hear.
