Looking at Phones Instead of Faces

A bit of poetry today on the distant memories of social human interaction. Technology brought us cell phones and computers, but have taken away much of the human element of social conversation and interaction – both in public and the home. Once upon a time, people made small talk in public places such as, buses, airplanes, airports, banks, grocery store lineups, or pretty much when even passing another human in close proximity. And sometimes friendships were struck from these brief and serendipitious meetings. Now, all we see are faces glued to phones.

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Connecting with Human Energy

Emotion reflected in eyes.

The resonation of words

Amplified by tone and

Facial expressions.

A fading art.

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Lost in digits.

Emotions replaced by emojis,

Blinded from body language.

Missing the waft of personal presence,

Tricky to gauge the heart of a soul.

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Human connections live in the flesh,

Emit so much more than

Most fingers can type.

Often leaving emotionless, perhaps,

quizzical response.

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Without peering of the eyes,

It’s difficult to detect a lie

Human interaction waning,

Disguised behind device.

True identities buried by technology.

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©DGKaye2025