How to measure progress?

VOILA, brave new world at my command in one device.
SILLY pursuits easier now, along with serious, perhaps.
AWAKE at night, chasing rabbit trails on a glowing screen.
PHONE, oh such potential! But soul, you struggle to deliver.

Mish Mash

EPOXY, superlative substance of stick,
TORUS, shape that sounds so svelte,
THOSE are premium for purposed prose,
CANNY in their usual use. Yet, weird in poem’s lines.

Vigil

VIGIL at the sickbed, weary drifting up the prayers.
SERUM, final, fragile hope, a life to coax and death arrest.
VAPID flit some thoughts unwelcome, lift up gaze for help:
CRANE, through glass, above the bay, lonely crosses sky.

We were one

CLUNG we to good news of union past,
SYNOD yet revealed our sundering cracks.
MELEE of coveting passions, rivaling formulae to judge, to condemn.
CLANG, closing bell! Sound the prayers we cannot pray to bless.