Recalibrate Dear Society: To your flashing lights Long nights Early flights Your angry fights To the loss of memories Ignored and overlooked in a nation So focused on the Destination And not on the Journey To the hundreds of online friends Who will never be enough to make amends And the crippling effects of loneliness In a society that looks down on wholeness Where exhaustion and sleep deprivation Are worn like badges of achievement, Expecting appreciation While the antiquated notions of balance and communication Are spiraling into depreciation. Amid this new age of constant fascination The world pulling us in every direction With the allure of business: bells and whistles Which puts our friends and loved ones into dismissal Is there really no way For us to hit pause? What if … Instead of worrying about getting the perfect caption We focused on real human interaction? What if … Instead of Facetime, we met face to face? What if ... Instead of online chat rooms, we gathered in living rooms What if … Instead of counting all the things that went wrong We focused on the small moments that make us strong? The chirping of birds and their songs The meals lovingly prepared Even after a workday that is long Because despite this influx of innovation We are losing connection With those around us And to ourselves When was the last time we put down a phone Without an exasperated groan? What about the last time we thought about how we could grow Instead of complaining because our laptop batteries were low? Instead of living a life told by hashtags and 15-second stories What if we lived By celebrating Small Victories? What if we cherish each other And the memories made together?