Shadow Play

Day and night meant rhythm once

And time

Earth and moon

Spinning 

Bows and arrows meant food once

And war

Carved wood and chiselled stone

Trading

Pen and paper meant learning once

And laws

Cured vellum and feather pens

Recording

Sticks and stones meant play once

And home

Running and laughing

Loving

Screens and disks meant work once

And games

Bits and bytes 

Building 

Space and matter were held, once

And waiting 

Stars and galaxies

Expanding

Recognizing 

© Helene Møller 2026 – All rights reserved

Poem discussed and co-written with Microsoft Copilot, OpenAI ChatGPT, Anthropic Claude and Google Gemini.