Age of the Algorithm (An Original Poem)

There’s something
behind the eyes,
a brilliant flicker—
possessions
of previous lives
whispering, forgotten,
in the dusty
corners of our dreams.

Sleepwalking
into an abyss
we will never
walk back from,
as the greatest of joys
remain hidden
in the simplest of things.

An extraordinary witness
to the world,
I lose my anchor, set adrift
on the current of time.

Living a grand life
with such a
narrow expression,
we reach out,
desperately seeking
the ways in
which we connect,
reasons to belong.

All the while that
hum beneath life,
a vibration, deep and low,
feeding the
outrage machine,
as each of us
are woven meticulously
into the age of the algorithm.

~Eric Vance Walton~

Be well and make the most of this day.

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