In daylight hours
we sat at home
glued to the TV
when we could have been out
exploring the world we barely knew.

We might have met people
discovered lost treasures of prior generations
practiced our storytelling
but we treasured the stories people told us
instead.

We had so much opportunity
squandered then
that we can never get back.
Luckily
there are a lot more shows now
to take our mind off the loss.