Downfall

Tethered by lines

From an invisible world

A screen flashing

Images unclear-

Hands constantly aloft

Another bone

Purchased because

What would we do

Without it

Watching bars

Rise and fall

Angst following

Reverse flow-

Trying to remember

A time when

Fingers didn’t clutch

Cool metal

And numbers were kept

Within mental filing

Called upon when needed

Not flashing in front

With twisting words-

Dates easily recollected

Behind mind’s eye

As we held

Thin photos in our hands-

The physical reminder

Of a world beyond

Where sun is real

And not a glare

On a screen,

And trees reach forth

Doing their best

To break down the bars

We senselessly crave.

Katrina Thornley is a nature poet and novelist that resides in Rhode Island. She has two poetry collections currently published, a novel, as well as a short story anthology. Her poetry collections "Arcadians: Lullaby in Nature" and "Arcadians: Wooden Mystics" were inspired by a local park and life in her small rural town. You can find them on Amazon now!

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