Citywide Advisory on the Rising Incidence of Loneliness
Public Announcement Challenge Entry
Attention all, a hush has spread across the world
its cause identified as screens that never sleep
Your devices glow like watchful eyes beside your bed
and the silence they create grows deep
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Reports confirm constant scrolling drains the day
though signals stay strong and everything seems fine
Connections waver, thinning out along the way
until the heart and soul walk a lonely line
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Effective now, all citizens are urged to leave their rooms
to walk outside where unfiltered breezes roam
Ride bicycles without a single ping or buzz
let the nature around you call you back home
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Dinner parties are recommended weekly by the Board
with phones surrendered to a drawer for safekeeping
Conversations may feel awkward at the start
but warmth returns while laughterβs leaping
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If hearing someoneβs real voice startles you at first
stand steady as the moment passes by
This is a normal symptom of prolonged device exposure
and it fades away the more you try
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Remember, parks remain available for human use
their pathways built for footsteps, not social media feeds
The city still welcomes your presence in its streets
and nature has something waiting to fulfill your needs
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This concludes the formal notice filed today
though one unofficial line must still be read
loneliness thrives not from lack of connection
but from living through a screen instead
About the Creator
Sara Wilson
I love Ugly Things.
I try and be active AND interactive.
I write... whatever I feel.
Sometimes it's happy.. sometimes it isn't. But it's real. And it's me.
Comments (2)
Lover it, Sara. We have all become slaves to the mobile phone and technology. All the pastimes that mattered seem to have disappeared.
"If hearing someoneβs real voice startles you at first" Omgggg, of we ever reach this stage, we're a lost cause. Loved your poem!