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Window

All day long I see
people looking down at phones,
what a boring view!

Please, let me see a
whisper of what makes you tick,
your eyes, and your smile.

There are many ways
to set a trap; this one is
brilliant in concept.

What is to become
of humans, and these days I
wonder if they care?

And how would I know?
They say the window to the
soul is in the eyes.

So many eyes now
slaves to a tiny window,
captured by a screen.

Look up, please look up,
I want to connect with what
is real and human.

But do you?

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Am I lost, or are they? I just don’t get it, all that time glued to a phone. Perhaps I am a relic, someone who does not belong in this “modern world”. Or, perhaps I am a lifeline, so some people can realize there is more to life than that world within the little window. Maybe we’re all feeling a little lost these days, in this crazy mixed up world, and they are looking for answers there. I would say to those ones who might feel lost, let up some on the time spent there, and start looking within yourself.

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Here’s the thing. There is some valuable stuff to be found on our phones, so they have their place, but there is a lot that isn’t, too. While our minds are constantly absorbed by someone else’s ideas, we do not have time for that most important of activities. IMAGINATION

I suggest that the power of imagination is one of the important tools that will release us from the suffering and the control on this planet right now. How much time are you spending on imagining what could be, rather than reading about the problems in the world on your phone? They (the ones currently running things in society) want to make us feel powerless, when nothing could be farther from the truth. However, we have to start imagining our own idea of what a good life and society look like, and create a new future for ourselves. Together.

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A quote by Albert Einstein, apparently from an interview that was published in The Saturday Evening Post:

“I believe in intuitions and inspirations. I sometimes feel that I am right. I do not know that I am. When two expeditions of scientists, financed by the Royal Academy, went forth to test my theory of relativity, I was convinced that their conclusions would tally with my hypothesis. I was not surprised when the eclipse of May 29, 1919, confirmed my intuitions. I would have been surprised if I had been wrong.”

“Then you trust more to your imagination than to your knowledge?”

“I am enough of the artist to draw freely upon my imagination. Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world.”

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© Susan L Hart 2025 / “Window” is from Humanity’s Lament: Poetry for Our Times