Logged On

We’re swiping and sharing,
as we’re Liking and glaring
at screens large and small,
no self control at all.

We need to know now,
we need to know how,
No information conserved,
Everything is observed.

Privacy is deceased
With every photo released,
and every friend that is tagged,
with their permission, gagged.

Our ego, manipulated 
based on likes that are calculated,
We don’t care about dignity,
only the tools for efficiency.

Getting rid of someone
is so easily done, 
because a fail to text back 
is an easy “life hack.”

We’re always logged on,
but so often withdrawn.
What is this insanity?
Where is our humanity?

Reviews

[Relic]

Things haven't changed much since you wrote this. Technology has taken over our lives and simplicity is an endangered species.

[silverwritinggoddess]

This is really good...and, unfortunately, true. People of my generation are so absorbed with social media that we lose out on the most important things in life. And the privacy thing...ugh. Very little of that now as we continue to share, not thinking about the consequences of our actions. Great job!

[MeganRuth]

thank you so much!

[ANTO]

This is class MeganRuth. We are enslaved to tech and those who choose to ignore it are marginalised. Brave New World is here.
"Privacy is deceased with every photo released"... very nicely done.

[MeganRuth]

Thank you for the review! I agree. Hopefully as more people are become aware we will move forward in a direction away from social media, etc.

[ANTO]

Sadly social media is here to stay I feel and become even more pervasive. Wearable tech will interact with our social media profiles behind our back and we will be targeted by individually aimed advertising when outdoors as a result of our likes and our groupings. Even getting a job now can be determined (illegally) by your social media status over your merit for the post. The genie is out of the bottle and not going back anytime soon. The aware ones will suffer most because no-one will listen, I predict.