They said, “It’s simple. Just one tap.”
But every screen becomes a trap
Each portal’s sleek, each button clean
Yet none say quite just what they mean

I log in twice, reset again
Confirm I’m not some phantom man
They claim it’s meant to help me cope
But all I lose is time and hope

One password wrong, I’m locked away
A form I filled just yesterday
Returns to blank, as if to say
“You’re lost. Now start again. Obey.”

They said it’s smooth, this great design
But nothing feels like it is mine
The silence hums. The spinner spins
The page reloads. Nobody wins

I used to speak and things got done
Now I submit to code and run
From app to app and screen to screen
Where ease is cruel and rarely seen

They dressed it up in plastic charm
It smiled, then wrapped around my arm
A loop of clicks, a maze of rules
Who’s free, if freedom comes with tools?

And so I curse, and sigh, and wait
For tech to validate my state
Not lazy, no — just stretched too thin
By systems no one built to win.