Stroll Away

I embarked on a stroll today…
Yep, left the 'puter behind
and marveled when the front door
opened without having
to Click something.

Upon taking a few steps,
life came back to me, naturally.
That wondrous, forgiving keeper
of our existence was there waiting.
No apologies were necessary
for my recent absence.
I was welcomed as if
I'd never left.

So I walked for awhile
and let the real world reclaim me.
No Error Messages here.
This was life.

The only Mouse I saw was
also viewed as dinner
by a soaring hawk above.
A neighbor stared at a Screen
long enough to clean it
then lay it with the others.
A car lot nearby, under construction,
flaunted Keys and Boards.
But never were the two combined.

Girl Scouts are selling Cookies, door to door…
no deleting necessary.
Someone is playing "Journey" in the distance,
with nary a thought as to
how many Megabytes are in it's Properties.
I continue to walk, in wondrous freedom.

My stroll seemed to take a year to finish
but eventually, I ended up at Home.
As I made my way through the
dining room to the kitchen,
that cyber lizard, "Monitor",
caught my eye,
luring me to it's grasp
with slithery tongue-like motions,
as a mother about to discipline a child.

Naw, let's watch some TV tonight
for a change.