Retina Mirror
This text was translated from Portuguese by AI to preserve the original meaning and poetic essence. Learn more here.
I came here to write a poem
But a notification just arrived
I really need to see
Who liked my photo on the ‘gram
You who are all connected
The world is your limit
But you ignore whoever’s beside you
Where did it go, the open mic is over
And I didn’t even see who recited
I was scrolling through my little world
Alone
Accompanied by loneliness
By the like, the bright screen
And the stranger in Afghanistan
Life has no autocorrect
Oops, you made a mistake…
Now what do you do?
There’s no way to press ctrl+z
In the operating system
Of real life
Oops, I forgot what I was going to say
Let me check here on my phone
what’s the next line
Because I already got lost in this thing called a face-to-face conversation
I only talked about technology
But don’t forget
It’s in real life that joy exists
