223. RHYTHM OF LIFE

223.

RHYTHM OF LIFE 
Today I chatted
with my daughter,
laughed at a cute story
she shared.
Then I scrolled.

Filed my nails, but only
on my left hand. I'll file
the other nails tomorrow.
And I scrolled.

Called my brother
in memory care.
And scrolled.
Wrote a few lines for a poem.
Then I scrolled.

Stared at the oak trees
in the backyard.
And scrolled.
Made sandwiches
and fruit salad for 2.
I scrolled.

Organized a dresser drawer,
wrote a sympathy note,
paid a few bills,
scrolled some more.
And on and on and on,

same thing,
over and over.
Hooked
on social media,
my old routines
are fractured now.

*comments welcome

I hate that I'm hooked on
social media.
It didn't exist for most
of my life 
I was better off.