Y2K never happened, but still

At a backyard gathering, a voice

cuts through the chatter:

“My photos live on an ancient device,

no cloud, no backup.”

I’m stunned. It’s as if

time has folded in on itself,

transporting us back

to 2005.

How can this be?

A capable professional

seemingly detached

from the world of cloud everything,

a dissonance

between the world and their personal realms.

I find myself

perplexed,

caught between

technological progress

and the quaintness

of personal choice.

Is it merely preference,

or an unspoken divide?

As an everyman of tech,

I can’t help but question —

where does the balance lie?