I wrote this poem last night in bed. I was kind of irritated at the moment because some of my friends have no culture…they think inside the box… and are exposed to little art. So I blamed it on people being so stuck to their computer screens they can’t allow their minds to breathe (Ha I should have put that in there .) . So this just came out of it. Enjoy
Social Networking
Nowadays the times we talk are equivalent to empty calories
Beer chuggin’- bacon,cream,and everything else deep fried conversations
Leaving you unsatisfied and hungry for substance in communication and hour later
Who do I blame?
Social Networking
What happened to picking up the phone
Coming together to share company now we’re all alone
Hiding behind droids, ipads , and iphones
Sitting behind screens
Thanking this blessing in disguise, disguising the real person behind the scenes
With confidence taking a picture then crops
Uploading it to facebook an hour later no likes
So your self confidence drops
So you click a picture of fun you haven’t had in years
Turning green with envy, so called true friends have forgotten you
Again
Face bleeds with tears
Or so you think are your true friends
Yup all 1,250 of them
You think are your true friends
Cue Ahmad
“Back in the days when I was young I’m not a kid anymore
But some days I sit and wish I was a kid again”
Back in the day Social Networking was playing in the back yard
Only a few years ago it was getting ya butt up actually handing someone ya card
What used to be tapping someone on the shoulder to get their attention
Has turned into poking someone in cyberspace this is beyond my comprehension!
What happened to letters we would treasure as a keepsake
I know this is old school I’m just trying to drive home my point
All human touch has slipped through our fingers
Parents using twitter as a babysitter
Then we wonder why our children are bullying and the bullied
No social skills , no building of character ,
So called real life problems being hidden in a thuged out gun toting fictional character
Games in which our young ones can talk to a stranger
“Hey I can come over and we can play together”
Do you realize you put you and your child in danger?
No one taking the energy or initiative to monitor open web access to mere children
We have to do better!
Back to the adults I don’t mean to digress from my thoughts
The internet should be used as a tool
Not to live our lives through a misrepresentation of what we think is cool
You’ll fade into the background
If someone remembers you well it all depends
On you
On how determined you are to add more value to your life
Use those 3 hours a day to read a book, get a hobby, workout, learn how to cook!
So maybe you can invite people over in the flesh and feed them more than
Empty Calories.
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