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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
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
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