We watch these videos, that, like our attention, are so short

We build up walls of worthless thoughts in our sad lonely fort 

Must we take pause from this destructive path and abort 

Let not this cheap art fill our minds and distort 

But grab a book and transport 

Into a world’s vast and beautiful resort 

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I wrote this poem after thinking of all the times I have watched short TikTok/Reels like videos or seen others watch them and how consumed we become with these videos. Ever changing topics as we scroll video to video, not really ever giving our minds a chance to go into deep thought. I constantly wonder how they are shaping our brains and what we especially are doing to those who are still developing. I worry what will happen to society as we lose the deep thinkers who attention spans become like wisps .