Laptops, tablets, mobile phones

Facebook, Instagram, snapchat,

PlayStation, Twitter, IMO, WordPress

Relentless, frenzied

everyday everywhere

Images, voices, gaming

Relentless, all the time

 

No peace, my consciousness beastly with

Information from all sorts, by all sorts

Relentless, frenzied everyday everywhere

New forms of arrest, enforced captivity,

For all, by all, with all and on all.

Windowless prisons, of the mind and body!

 

But now my freedom I need.

Sheltered mind, unclogged spirit

The new 6-pack for the subconscious

My mind, Cloistered must be free

Of all junk parlayed as news

From all manner of gossip packaged as social media.

Wo, tu mi sile jo!*

 

Sit by the brook, unwind by force

Sleep by the dozens

No more insomniac for gadgets.

Listen to the sound of my breathing;

Yawn for no other reason but leisure – yeah!

Release my brain from pressure so severe, it hurts.

 

Be by myself, into myself, then Outward

Towards He whose Love I got before

I know how to love. Peace floods in …

Merry to the mind, good for the flesh.

Yes, more like a quiet time by the sea side.

Overwhelming feeling, my solitude;

comforting, rejuvenating, hopefully lasting.
{* Free me and let me be!}

 

© April 2016. Adewale Adeniji