No phone

My cell phone won't come on

and I'm glad because 

it's given me a mental break

from daily consumption 

of unnecessary social media

posts, pictures, and things I didn't really care to know about.

My mind feels lighter,

less crowded.

And I feel

how I felt

when I was 16;

a sense of openness 

and wonder to the world

with no one else's opinion 

but my own.

A blessing in disguise...