If I Had My Digital Life to Live Over Again
If I Had My Digital Life to Live Over Again – Inspired By the Poem “If I Had My Life to Live Over – By Nadine Stair (age 85).”
If I had my digital life to live over again,
I'd spend less time with screens and more with friends.
I'd linger longer over coffee cups,
Unrushed by the endless, flashing prompts.
I’d stop scrolling past faces and moments unseen,
To feel real laughter and sunsets in between.
I’d watch my children play in the park,
With both eyes and heart, not just from afar.
I’d ignore the urge to check and compare,
Choosing instead to simply be there.
Not every moment needs to be shared;
Some memories are too precious to be aired.
I’d put down the phone when the sun went to bed,
And find joy in silence, in thoughts unsaid.
I’d trade filters for freckles, and likes for light,
Finding peace in each moment, each day, each night.
I’d leave behind the constant feed,
To find calm in places that truly feed.
I'd walk through forests, barefoot and free,
More rooted in nature, less lost in me.
If I had my digital life to live over again,
I’d forget the streaks, the scores, the trends,
And pause for the moments, unshared and true,
So fleeting, yet lasting when they belong to you.
I’d leave behind the constant feed,
To find calm in places that truly feed.
I'd walk through forests, barefoot and free,
More rooted in nature, less lost in me.
I’d make space for whispers, for silence's embrace,
Not every thought needing a digital trace.
I’d choose eye contact over the glow of a screen,
A life more present, a life more seen.
If I had my digital life to live once more,
I’d cherish moments unmarked, pure at the core.
When I look back on life, I’d want it to be
A mosaic of memories, made just for me.
Yes, if I had my digital life to start anew,
I'd choose real-time memories over pixels' view.
And know in the end, when my days are through,
The moments unplugged are the moments that grew.
And as I close this chapter, I'd know it’s true—
The richest days were the ones I lived through.
Less time connected, more time alive,
For what’s left unplugged is what truly survives.
