Death To The Social Networks

A poem based on my views of Face book

Death To The Social Networks

My mind does regularly ponder 

on why people MUST look

changing profile pictures, status’s 

on that devil face book 

Why do I want to conform 

to a site that isn’t free

people spend their lives on face book

your price your mortality 

zombies to little games 

and ads that have no appeal

people will you snap out of it

talk in person at least I’m real 

I’m actually twenty one 

I’m actually six foot two 

I’m actually the sex I say I am

I’m physically in view

Relationships in chaos 

“why has your status changed?”

causing more bad than good

leaving people more deranged 

I’m often asked to create a profile

I’m afraid I just wont budge

People lose their jobs and partners

sorry doesn’t appeal to me 

so who are you to judge?

I don’t want to talk to shadows 

or people from my past

there are reasons I don’t keep in contact

otherwise our friendship would last 

I don’t need thousands of people

and talk to only a few

I may only have fifty contacts 

your lucky if one is you 

I can see the benefits 

this isn’t a hate campaign 

I simply have a view on a site

that I believe drives people insane 

I can understand for people like me

who often have to explain why?

Social conformity to this giant

or be it the overseeing eye 

we don’t like to be the sheep 

we like to live our lives

I want so see the world for myself

not give pictures to random spies 

So death to all the networks! 

so we can begin to breathe 

live our lives to our own direction 

mark I wont conform I wish you all take heed 

Author's Note

A poem which basically gives my views
my intention isn't to offend simply to give my reasons for not wanting a profile in the world

please give honest reviews as always
thank you for reading

Reviews

[freelancejouster]

i love the thoughts and anger behind this, the internet is a place where you can be someone you are not and to be enraged by that is normal and acceptable, though you're hypocritical in the same way as you know you do it yourself. your phrasing is magnificent, the rhyme adding a half-sing-song lilt to it that just made your anger that much more ridiculous. great work here, but is there a reason you're afraid to puntuate your pauses? i would be were there different meaning to glean from alternate punctuation than that that is technically correct, but as there's not one...? especially where there's a pause mid-phrase where you don't leave one?

[Frankie Nguyen]

very nicely written

[Sweet & Tender Hooligan]

A interesting piece. I can relate to this a lot. After having problems on there. People spend too much time wrapped up on there in the pettiness and self absorbed nature of it. Real life and face to face interaction can't and shouldn't be replaced.

[Dilan Gray]

I thought this was really clever. Your word choice was amazing and the flow of the poem as well! You are so talented!

[OT]

it has its pros and cons - honestly, would you separate WC too much from facebook? haha - expressing views... (statuses/confessional poetry)... pictures... personal issues .. dating (Though this baffles me on here) - ha, its really not all that different if you break it down - difference being more talent perhaps ha! for me it comes down to HOW you use it, as with anything - I have it for merely keeping in touch with friends who are off here and there, and as a little social hub - there are others who use it to complain about life and god knows what else, which I ignore!! but! I do see your opinions and agree we're becoming far too tech-reliable!! well expressed opinions and views! and well written too! nice!

[Michael.]

Great. Now I want to delete my Facebook. xD
Nah. I'm too addicted for that.
Good name.
Better poem.

[Alvin L. Kathembe]

great observation there.... love these lines

"I’m actually twenty one
I’m actually six foot two
I’m actually the sex I say I am
I’m physically in view"

awesome! yes,true, true...people create avatars of their own perfect 'selves', the person they want others to think they are.either just to make themselves feel better, or for their own malicious purposes.

'I don’t want to talk to shadows
or people from my past
there are reasons I don’t keep in contact
otherwise our friendship would last '

great met5aphor- 'talking to shadows' people you don't know, can't trust and who, in all likelihood, are not who they claim to be.

"I don’t need thousands of people
and talk to only a few
I may only have fifty contacts
your lucky if one is you "

"we don’t like to be the sheep
we like to live our lives
I want so see the world for myself
not give pictures to random spies"

astute...

great poem, food for thought.thanks for sharing!

[Deactivated_BurningDemo..]

Amazing. I understand exactly what you mean. I'm rarely on my facebook and the only reason I don't delete it is the fact the I have friends worldwide I would lose contact with. So, the social networks are both a blessing and a curse.
A well written poem with a clear point. Well done yet again.

[Stef Outsiders]

No offense taken! LOL
I'm on facebook, and agree it is addictive, it effects people lives etc. I try not to go on it as much but I think, because I never really had a lot friends and never was as popular, I guess I like knowing I have over 500 of them, from different parts of the world. Which half I don't talk too LOL
I'm not a people person some of the time, and find it hard to socialize in reality. So facebook does have its pros and cons, most you've pointed out.
But all and all, its a great poem....