Be There - Stephen A. Roberts

Why can't I live in the moment
Instead of holding out my phone
Like a freakin' geiger counter?

Why not see the whole, the real
In live-screen now-vision, and be there
not looking through a 5 inch, 41 mega pixel window?

Does life not exist outside the bezel?

And on play back
- I hardly ever play it back -
Will the world be bigger than I thought?

Does it prove I was there?
I was, but I wasn't;
Think about it.

What will I see on my death bed?

When the final moment comes,
as I take my final fading selfie,
My life won't flash before me
because
it won't be there, it will
all be in the Cloud.

Stephen A. Roberts