Accelerating a dream.
The power of the written word.
Colorful pixels coded to view
on an electronic screen.
A swiftly moving signal on a
fiber optic beam caters to our emotions.
The wheel turns, no one bothers
to see why.
We go out and buy a computer
stamped out by some school girl earning her way through college.
I type a word, and then click
the wavy black dots that say send.
We do not bother to ask why?
We only want the machine to
send a message to you.
And I want something better!
Like Flash Gordon every street
corner sends a signal through space.
But we do not bother to ask
why/how?
Remember the vinyl record; it
is now a collection of some wealthy dream.
I have three old computers on
dusty shelves, broken and of no use,
carbon, plastic, floppy and
metal in old beige cases.
Wars, money and peace can be
moved swiftly on promises.
We have faith that we can accelerate
a dream.
Pretty far fetched.
Accelerating a dream.
Gollum is learning the meaning of ....
Words & Graphics by Tomas