"We rely too much
On social media.
If we miss one day,
We're out of touch.
Birthdays, appointments,
Numbers and lists.
Losing a phone's worse
Than slitting your wrists.
The alternative's
To go off the grid,
But try doing that
Without flipping your lid.
No news, fake or otherwise,
No word of disaster
When tragedy strikes,
No hashtags to show your support.
And on stressful days
When you take a break,
You come back a day late, a dollar short.
You've missed a made-up holiday
People don't get off with pay,
But when you miss it, you might shed a tear.
For the next World Poetry Day
You'll just have to wait
Until March 21st of next year."