I'm not sure if this one is done but I did a lot of editing, more than usual before posting, so here goes.
Technology and Life
Technology isn’t life.
But it can help you live.
When you feel alone,
it can help you interact with people
without leaving your home.
It can help you find people
with common interests,
from around the world.
It provides a safe space
to create friendships,
so natural,
that it appears to outsiders
that you’ve been friends forever.
Technology doesn’t make friends
Technology doesn’t create relationships
It doesn’t talk, sing, laugh, weep.
It doesn’t hug, hold, comfort, celebrate, commiserate.
Technology isn’t companionship.
Technology provides a place,
You can live in,
When being in person
is difficult
A place where you can choose
When to interact
How much you want to interact
A place where you can observe
Without being seen
Listen without having to speak
A place you can come and go as you please
Without leaving your home.
Technology isn’t life
But just like in life,
You might get lucky
And make a friend,
just like in kindergarten.
Because they were there when you looked,
and it turned out
to be
one of the best things
that ever happened to you.
