The warmth of our nurture became the cold exploit of our nature.
This is the way of modern life in the 21st century.
We were given sound bites without substance,
Images of perfect lives without context,
'Connected' experiences without connection.
A life to act, a role to play.
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Made to feel natural like water.
Don't mind that it is always murky,
Or that is seeps through the hands that grasp at it.
Modern life remains 'there' but never truly yours.
A promise of what life could be.
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Just don't ask what it 'is'.
Don't look into its reflection and think.
Instead bow down and take another drink.
Another fix, another cycle, a new addiction.
Feed me, don't free me.
Relief, not truth is needed.