Robot's Of Our Time

So someone asked me yesterday..."How's it goin?". Do people really care that much or is it just another way of saying "hello" right now. Why is it that when sitting on a bus, a train or ferry that people do not talk to one another. Everyone is so engrossed in their own little devices from iPhones to iPad but I try to talk to someone a few days ago but they seemed to be startled at just the "hello".

Have we come to expect so little from everyone that the mere sight of another human being has become so monotonous that we no longer feel the need to ask "how's it goin?" and actually wait for the response. Their are times when even smiling at someone you make eye contact with is considered wrong as well. Why? Because while we are blissfully aware of the updates from friends and happenings of stragers who are friends of friends of friends, we overlook that those in front of us may be in need of a friend or may even become a friend. Is it that everyone now has too many friends online to consider talking to people in reality. Every friend was once a stranger. Staring at your hand all day and maybe even night is causing one's mind to be narrowed when it comes to social interaction. If you but look up from your hand, you can see the wonders of our world. Let us hope that one day, someone may be able to look up from their device, and wonder how someone else may be doing.

I look
I see
I touch
I feel
But when did life become so un-real.

When did staring at our phones
become so time consuming.
When did looking down,
become so life consuming.

We look up,
with hunched over backs.
Glancing at others,
then returning to the phone to chat.

Our eyes are starting to close,
on the wonder of this world.
They are fixed,
on the "what's new" of this world.

We see things through a screen,
we even get excited about it.
We spend a fortune,
even though it can be decided that you can live without it.

Is it to blend in?
Is it to keep up?
What is it for?
When is it enough?

It will never be enough.
Never ceasing to rob us of the wonder.
The wonder of a human being, another person.
The rawness of people is like lightning and thunder.

They can inspire and create.
But why spare time when you have windows 8.
The new samsung tablet.
The new Mac gadget.

Try not to let it control you.
Staring at it like a robot.
Try to speak to someone, and you may never believe your luck.
But first, you have to look up.