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Social Metiorite: The Profile Fracture

It hits me like a metiorite
the realization that some fight for their lives, and I'm worried about nothing but "likes" and "subscribes"

but please if you're reading I plead that you'll believe me
when I promise it isn't their validation I'm seeking

I don't use the web to laugh out loud
at cat videos
I use it as a record
to tell me where I've been and where to go

I see profiles as guide posts
That say "This is what I value"
and right now
My values feel to malleable

I can feel my lack of focus
and THAT is what plagues me
the onus is on me to help others
but I can't unify my personality

Public health matters; so does disability
but I also want to exprss
my sexuality
and love of D&D

So you see
this isn't about being addicted to technology
this is about a fractured identity

I know it must sound so silly to you
but I can't feel whole
If all of my parts can't say in unity
"This is what we love; this is what we do"

On the current wind
two birds fly
one sings a song of health
the other a cadence of life through my eyes

If only their songs
and wing-beats could unite
Written by Everyday_Author (Randall)
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Author's Note
I want to help people in life but I'm not courageous enough to be fully myself in front of a single audience. Instead of being fully myself I fracture my identity (and social media profiles) and hide parts of myself away.

I know it's such a silly thing to anguish over, but it's painful to me, so I wrote about it anyways.
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