Fingers Typing

By Tristan Cheung

Fingers typing

Hands swiping

People liking

Pressure building.

Keys clacking

Eyes reading

Mouth moving

Always checking.

Corner lurking

Opportunity spreading

A snap of thought-

It’s off.

The viral trend flies around Earth

Looking in a perfect search

No such thing as a need for speed

When people don’t heed.

The viral trend flies

The likes grow high

Yet no one stops to ask;

“Why are we doing this?”

The scientists see the risks fast-

But their utters are dismissed as sass.

They see what others do not

A fine worth quite a lot

The effects hit

The trend sits

Everyone stops

And suddenly, scream.

Wards moving

People lining

Eyes blinking

Waiting to be treated.

The panic dies

The world rests

Yet always checking-

History repeats.

Photo by Shriya Srinivasan