Goldfish

Living in today’s world is like living as an addict of constant entertainment.

I find myself searching “screen-free activities”

So that I can fill every second of my day with something that doesn’t make me feel like trash,

Even though I can crochet, knit, paint, write,

I am never fully satisfied.

My attention span suffers like my happiness,

And so the problem of scrolling through YouTube becomes the solution,

Quick, effortless, and mind-numbing.

I used to think I would not become one of those brain-rotted teenagers of today,

That I was somehow above that, but here I am.

Sometimes I believe we would all be better off without technology,

But I know that would not be entirely true.

Sometimes I wish I could be just like a goldish,

Letting the tide move me, without a thought or care in the world.