Screens ... Little lights In the darkness Millions of faces Looking down ... Funny I'm looking At one now ... The fire Used to keep The darkness away Now the fire Fits in my hand And somehow I keep asking it What's happening? ... It answers Everything Everywhere All at once ... A war Three thousand miles away A storm I will never see A crime In a city I've never visited A disease A collapse A warning A prediction Someone angry Someone terrified Someone telling me Why I should be terrified too ... Scroll Danger Scroll Anger Scroll Tragedy Scroll Someone says They're coming Scroll Someone says We're losing Scroll Someone says It's worse Than anyone realizes Scroll Scroll Scroll ... And the ancient body Sitting safely On the couch Doesn't know What a screen is ... It sees danger ALARM Another danger ALARM Another ALARM Another ALARM ... Wait How many lions Can fit Inside six inches Of glass? ... Apparently All of them ... Once The branch broke Outside the fire And we listened Now Every branch Breaking Everywhere on Earth Can arrive Before breakfast ... And something Inside me Begins to believe This is what The world is Danger Conflict Loss Fear But is that The world? Or is that What held My attention? ... Because somewhere Right now Someone is Holding a baby Someone is Making dinner Someone opened A door for a stranger Someone is laughing So hard They can't breathe Someone forgave Someone Someone planted Something Someone fell In love Someone sat Beside a dying friend And held their hand Someone looked At the evening sky And said Wow ... But none of that Triggered ALARM ... So I didn't Keep watching ... Oh ... The screen Didn't invent fear It discovered What my eyes Have always done Look toward The lion ... And somewhere Along the way Attention Became valuable Keep me looking Keep me scrolling Keep me wondering What happened? What happens next? What if? ... There you are again What if The oldest whisper In the album Wearing A brand-new face ... And now The crowd Doesn't have To stand together We can sit Alone In separate rooms Holding The same fear ... Thousands frightened Millions angry Everyone watching Everyone else Watching ... The multitude Fits In my hand ... And if everybody Is afraid Surely There must be A lion ... But wait Didn't we already Open that door? ... Look ... Not at the screen Around it ... The room The chair The breath The person Beside you The rain Against the window Your own hands Holding The little glowing world ... Which one Is happening Here? ... The screen says DON'T LOOK AWAY Something Might happen ... I smile Something Already is ... This ... I don't have To destroy the screen I don't have To fear The screen That would be Funny Wouldn't it? ... I only have To remember It is showing me A picture Of Life It is not Life ... So tonight For just A moment I put it down ... The screen Keeps glowing Without me The stories Keep moving The crowd Keeps talking The warnings Keep coming The world Keeps turning And strangely Without knowing What happened In the last thirty seconds I am Still Here ... Breathing ... Nothing At the window Nothing At the door ... Then somewhere Inside the room A voice Not from The screen Not from The crowd Not from The future Quiet Almost forgotten ... Neither Fear ye Their fear ... The screen Doesn't sleep ... But I can
