Screen Time

free verse

Photo by Oscar Nord on Unsplash

I’m doing the thing I didn’t want to do

again.

I’m caught up in the web of flashing lies

again.

Pocket-sized slot machine resting by my bedside,
I think it’s time to cut the power cord.

A stiff neck and a broken spirit,
this game is rigged —
just like the ones at a carnival,
shiny prizes hanging just out of reach.

I’m living the lie I didn’t want to live

again.

Attached to a screen that drains me of my
light.

Mother Scorpion