Attention Starved: The Names of the Obsessed, The Names of the Lost

Attention Starved: The Names of the Obsessed, The Names of the Lost

Out there for the world to see,
My life constantly on display,
To make myself feel important,
To acquaintances and strangers,

My daily routines,
Common to most,
Yet mine shall stand apart,
From all the rest,

When I awake,
What I eat,
Where I am,
When I sleep,

140 characters to share my life’s events,
Abbreviated in thought and emotion,
Complete strangers follow me,
And I happily welcome them,

The whats are revealed,
The whens and wheres as well,
The hows and whys excluded,
The image portrayed being shallow,

Time spent focusing on a screen,
Longing to see my name,
While others are void of such technology,
While others starve, suffer and long for aid.