A swirl of bright colours and perfect faces;
cheap laughs and predictable drama,
where nobody knows your name.
I’m drawn in,
like a moth to its shiny doom.
Here there are no expectations,
no obligations,
no need to be or do or say the right thing.
Here is an easy void.
And I fall in,
barely noticing.
It’s so easy,
so comfortable to shift mind and body into neutral;
letting time wash over me like a lukewarm shower.
Hours down the drain,
with nothing to show for it.
Click, click, click… sigh.
There’s nothing on.
So here’s me, unapologetic TV and film buff,
but the first to admit that it’s 90% useless, pointless crap.
This is my Five Minute Friday contribution on lisajobaker.com for the topic: NOTHING. I must admit, that I went back and reformatted (totally against the rules), but after writing it, I realized it was more poem than prose.
So Here's Us... 
May 30th, 2014 at 2:27 pm
This is beautiful. I love the comparison to a lukewarm shower. The perfect way to say the experience isn’t quite satisfying.
(Stopping over from Five Minute Friday)
May 31st, 2014 at 9:27 am
Exactly – neither as relaxing or as refreshing as we hope it’ll be. Thanks for the encouraging word!
May 30th, 2014 at 2:41 pm
Very nice…it’s easy to fall into the television trap. I usually don’t watch television but since I’ve been trapped (LOL) in a hospital for three weeks with three weeks to go, I’ve become a bed-potato (rather than a couch potato). I agree that television is 90% useless yet here I sit with the television on, visiting writers from 5 Minute Friday.
Glad that I stopped in to read you.
Patty
May 31st, 2014 at 9:29 am
When there’s nowhere else to go, I think you get a pass to enjoy the oblivion for a time. 🙂 Six weeks is a long time to be trapped. I hope it goes as quickly as possible. Thanks for the follow!
May 30th, 2014 at 5:36 pm
I can relate. For the most part I’ve given up watching TV…except some news in the morning while on the treadmill, Grey’s Anatomy (I watch a week late on the iPad app) and some German cop shows (also on an iPad app to practice my German…)
Unfortunately I have found that Facebook can be just as bad of a time waster as channel surfing ever was…. New era, same traps!
May 31st, 2014 at 9:32 am
True – I like to think its a bit more interactive, but not much. And it sucks my time away even quicker. There’s a few TV shows that are engaging and interesting and relaxing for me to watch, its the rest that I don’t really intend to watch. Netflix is great for us – no more flipping channels or getting sucked in, we watch intentionally or not at all most days. If I sit down with the remote in my hand, time to spend and no plan – total waste. Ditto for Facebook.
May 31st, 2014 at 8:11 am
You should come to ladies brunch today! 10-12. Miss you.
Blessings,
Ruth Jarvie
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May 31st, 2014 at 9:34 am
Yes – I miss all of you. I was so sure Id be around more, but this class is kicking my butt. I have 3 papers to write this weekend. Three! Next time, for sure!