Flytrap
Commentary on the addictive nature of social media
I dream of botanicals
Your metabolic processes with their
Viridian pigments absorb light, sustain life
Delicate tendrils of underestimated strength, create beauty and wonder
A testament to the earth
A life within the electrical
Your metallic processors with their pixelated screens, create light, absorb energy
Your apps like tendrils carry me into a virtuality
I can’t look away from the fractured beauty, the unleashed horror
A distraction from my sleep
Credit to Corvus and their article “Craft Topic: Juxtaposition” for the prompt that inspired this poem.
About the Creator
vibrant ghost
I’m a teacher who is just trying to figure out how to make sense of the world around me.
I usually write about social issues with a focus on disability and social justice.
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