A Poem a Day (71): Look!

A flash poem written for JD Mader's 2minutes go writingexercise... It's every Friday-Sunday, so if you fancy writing something - whatever you feel like - head over there, or just read the flash fiction and poetry.

Look!

Waves, mountains, flowers, rocks,

A set piece we can readily disregard,

Aimlessly wandering our streets with

Scant regard. Mesmerised by our phones,

Nodding heads, muttering beneath our

Breath, never noticing with whom we collide,

Like blind men following; mice racing

Around our little cages, stumbling into the

Gutters over life. This selfie rocks me, this

Total makeover, splice of tune, the shock of

A moment savoured – read this news, revel

In this fake news; see this vision, yes she’s

Naked. Who are you? Who am I? We collide

Here, not noticing. I graze your hand so close

Yet you don’t even look up, so intensely

Following what you’re reading, what you’re

Staring at – what you’re not looking at is life

And it’s passing you by, winning the race,

Leaving you way behind, whistling a happy

Tune, the accompaniment of your boredom,

As you stumble into the road and oncoming

Traffic.

Copyright Vickie Johnstone, March 16, 2018