Screen Time - Margaret Barkley

[Larry Robinson]

Screen Time

 

Mirrors are one thing

I am there for hair

or to apply emollient 

with purpose

then move on – 

brief self-assessment

and that’s it

 

And before these times

of distance and screens,

when I was with you

I looked only at you

into your eyes

could see the subtle signs

of your life lived

 

Now I spend hours 

looking at a gallery

of people almost there – 

I am one of them

 

Grateful for the chance

to see you at all,

I can’t complain, 

at least not about you.

I try not to look at myself

looking at you

 

but it’s hard not to observe

that I tend to tilt my head

so I experiment 

left, right or straight

which is best?

 

Back to focusing on you

I am listening, really I am

but I can’t help but notice my wrinkly bits,

that my face is more serious than I feel

and do I look pale?

Do we all look pale?

 

	- Margaret Barkley
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