Exams do this to you

Okay, so I was diligently reading the theories of J.S.Mill (Political Thought Paper), when the phrase ‘the internet is passe’ popped into my head.
Began writing this, and I don’t know where the words came from.
It turned into something completely different as compared to what I had expected.
Anyway…
Read.. 🙂

What will it be like?
A hundred years from now.
Will cars fly, people glide,
Tube-like structures zip us to our destinations?

What will it be like?
Will everything be digitalised?
Will the internet be passe?
Will cellphones wind around one’s finger?

Will there be silver glinting at us from every corner?
Modern, gleaming structures in our face?
Will this be called progress?
Will we be a developed people?

Will ideals change, beliefs collide?
Will we become more indifferent towards each other?
More cruel, cold, distant, narcissistic?
Will we like what we see in the mirror?

Throught the ages these questions have been asked,
Theories formulated, scoffed at, praised.
Crystal balls peered into, palms of the Universe read,
Only to be brought back to a new truth.

We wonder about the distant future, build castles, colour in our dreams,
But we don’t seem to care about next week, next month, tomorrow.
What the days ahead hold, how much is on our hands,
The good, the bad, the ugly….worse?

I see it around me now, it’s all so different,
Friends, lovers and acquaintances merge,
My wi-fi cave is my little bit of heaven.
Curl up, contemplate, forget.

A conscious effort, maybe not the best,
Weighed down, “am of sound mind”,
Must stop wondering about 2019,
I don’t know if the skies will clear for me tomorrow.

~ by cranialrumblings on February 4, 2009.