Phone Ode

Do you remember the days where phones were scarce?

If one was lost, you’d need a map or a compass.

They came in red booths, then in bricks

Now sleek slabs and some even flip

There was a day when phones were for phoning

How times have changed; it’s incredible

We can write novels, book holidays and go shopping

If you told me this 20 years ago I would think this is strange magic

Smart Phones can make weddings and break friendships.

We can build our wealth and destroy it just the same.

Phones are a wonderful thing it can take us where we want to go

We complain people spend too much time on our phones

But beyond the screen we are building our tribes.