1Earthling

Paper maps stayed in glove boxes.
Phone books gathered dust.
People stopped keeping directions.
Everything just a search away.

Tickets lived inside phones.
Banking moved behind screens.
Most followed where it led them.
Life always there on hand.

Everything moved online slowly,
one small piece at a time.
Things once spread across town
now lived behind a login.

Some still kept old routines.
Others never looked behind.
A world growing beneath them.
Everything online.

Music collections disappeared.
Streaming libraries took their place.
Movies waiting when you wanted.
No need to wait another week.

Shopping happened after dinner.
Parcels arriving at the door.
People stopped noticing changes
that would have been strange before.

Everything moved online slowly,
one small piece at a time.
Things once spread across town
now lived behind a login.

Some still kept old routines.
Others never looked behind.
A world growing beneath them.
Everything online.

Services became subscriptions.
Files no longer stayed at home.
People rented what they needed,
rarely keeping what they owned.

Accounts linked to other accounts.
Passwords multiplied each year.
Life collected behind logins
was now the price to play.

Tom worked amongst cloud systems,
carefully tending his garden.
Most just saw fruits of labour.
He watched new systems grow.

What was once behind curtains
shaped the lives people knew,
quietly becoming normal
as old ways lagged behind.

Everything moved online slowly,
one small piece at a time.
Things once spread across town
now lived behind a login.

Some still kept old routines.
Others never looked behind.
A world growing beneath them.
Everything online.