Terrified of being loved for who we are
we found refuge behind fluorescent screens
trading in our voices to become voyeurs
only to be watched,
Silently
by millions of others.
Our hearts became infected
with a lust for self-rejection
as eavesdropping became the new romance
and we discovered a love without a face
or a body.
Merging with another million faces
we became one with the blur
our legs grew
only to become addicted
unable to stop running
self-condemned to a marathon of scrolling
trapped
in an insatiable chase to remember
what we had lost
George is an author, researcher, podcaster, chemist, molecular biologist and food scientist. You can follow him on Twitter @99blackbaloons , listen to his Spotify podcast George reads George, join his mailing list, or enjoy his books
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