Emojis fill our e-mails now

taking the place of words

and emotions that

we cannot ourselves express

we fall into a routine

fall back on the easy way out

and instead of descriptive words

plug in an Emoji

because it's easier

than actually doing the hard work

of using words

so I am sending this to you now

minus the emoji

and typing out

this Happy Happy Face

to let you know

I have not lost the ability

I can still read and write

and my life is not an icon

I am real.