Words Delight Ian Nordland

Words Delight

In the age of technology so boundless and grand, When every last person has a phone in their hand, In all our new things, so shiny and bright, We forget what lets us sleep at night.

We forget what we love, our family and friends, We’re bothered by the trips to Grampa and Grams.

An animal, consuming screen time, All you want is one more hour, To waste your brainpower. Please, just one more hour!

One more episode, Another round, I don’t want to go out to dinner! Just send me home-bound.

We have forgotten how to treat, Those people we hold dearest, The special one who’s nearest, The people who are dearest.

Society is crumbling, Down, down, down, While we do nothing, Just sitting around.

Waiting. Somebody. Somebody should save us, Somebody.

We fail to see the obvious, Even as it surrounds us like water around a sinking ship. It's us. We are the answer, The key.

Each and every one of us must come together, be the answer we seek, Use our brain power to fix the world's problems.

This could be recycled, I am going to treat her right, I am going to take the bus, I am going to skip an unmasked party with hundreds of people, I am going to be the change we seek.

So go, Give your grandparents a call, recycle that can, Skip that party, treat her right.

Because in the age of technology so boundless and grand, A tiny little virus has shuttered the lands, And exposed the failings of man, For in all our advances so shiny and bright, We’ve forgotten how to use our words to delight.

Ian Nordland, Grade 8 South View Middle School, Edina Teaching Artist, Frank Sentwali