“comparison is the thief of joy”
theodore roosevelt
Comparison is the thief of joy
Big profits seeking to destroy
Our brains
Driving us insane
At all costs
While these companies high-five and jerk off
Losing our power of choice
Drowning our voice
Into the next likes, or 10
Basing our happiness off getting them
Getting pulled in so many directions
We’re dangling by strings controlled without our own introspection
Into the next clickbait
When will we demand SocialMediaGate?
Too numb to hate
Drones
Swimming in depression, anxiety, fear, served up on a plate
Growing too big on our platforms
To walk away from this form
Shit well we better not hate
It’s the only way we even freaking communicate
It’s a catch 22 right? We want to have presence
And not alienate
Yet how can we be be humanly present?
When staring non-stop at our robot control
Doing what we are told
We alienate ourselves
By living in hell
In a box of screens and apps
Time we will never get back
If it’s not posted it might not have even have happened did it?
If a tree falls in the woods and no-one is there does it make a noise?
If we look at a person and smile is it a dream if not recorded on our toys?
How can we even tell?
Face it Facebook
We are getting unwell
No pointing fingers or calling the kettle black
We all have a choice. We can promise to take back
Our power of choice
And use our voice
Taking a stand
Oh but wait! Isn’t Instagram where I can develop my brand?
I’m getting confused
I’m unclear what to do
I say it gets worse
If I’m a betting fool
I don’t know what to do
What’s the rule? Of thumb?
Post 10 selfies?
Is setting a timer for five dumb?
Then I’ll be done?
Here’s my food
Here’s my drink
5 isn’t too bad- I think?
Ohhhhh! Only 5 minutes?
I thought you meant hours!
Cause that went by so fast!
It’s insane the power
That social media pull has
Isolation at it’s worst
We are dying inside
Mind numbing heroin
Addictive like crack
Validating false self-esteem?
Feeding THOTs on Snap
I think I’ll stop
After one more story
One more read
Kardashian glory
Well I don’t look like her
So now I feel like shit
But let me scroll anyway
Take a few more hits
Of this social media bubble
Real or not
It’s what we got
Helping me avoid the whole lot
Of people in real life
They all look so pretty online
I’m numbing out in strife
I need to be a quitter
But let me quickly check twitter
I need to walk away
I promise! I will I say
Later
Tomorrow
Someday
Over the rainbow
Where these rabbit holes don’t exist
Only sun and nature and breeze persist
It’s called outside
Something we should try
Grab my hand let’s survive
Walk together backing up Thrive
Global and see the world
At least it’s an idea we can strive
To go for
As we create goals
Absence of trolls
No More
Let’s not look to destroy
Comparison is the thief of joy