Sometimes When The Internet's Down Poem by Seamus O' Brian

Sometimes when the internet's down
I think some thoughts.

My fingers fidget, and the spinning icon taunts,
But when the links don't link, and the silence
Of the screen fails to tell me what to think
I think of something else.

Of somewhere else.
Of sometime else- or someone else.
But these thoughts belong to me. Not borrowed
Or programmed or directed.

And I remember what I was before I was
A status. Before my wonder of the world
Was the answer to a Google search.
Before my relationships were itemized
In pull down menus.

When being 'liked' looked like a smile
Or a wagging tale.
When 'poking' my kids caused giggles-
sofa squirming, wriggling giggles
and autofill was five kids in the back seat

Sometime when the internet's down,
I remember who I am.