More Time

A computer in every home,

on every office desk...

All your work, in less the time,

or so they said,

More time for family and friends.

We just did more work.

An unending information highway

at your fingertips...

All your searching, in less the time,

or so they said,

More time for communication.

We surf even more on the web.

Cell phones...the perfect way

feel safe, be connected...

Stay in touch, save time,

or so they said,

More time to get together.

We look at our phones

instead of each other.

So here at lunch I sit,

My mask strapped tight

And socially distant too,

While family and friends

Silent sit, little prison cells.

The promises, the façade

The lie, the lost,

More in sync than before,

More time to spend,

But at what cost?

Matthew 25:4,5