FACEBOOK ZUCKS

Facebook Zucks

I gave you my list of friends, 

Most important pictures, and memories.

I told you what I like, and what I buy;

Where I go, and what I do for fun.

I let you have my contact information and

Details of my life I only share with closest friends.

You have my art,

The poems of my heart,

My songs, longings, and silly sayings.

When I got angry

You gave me a blank page

To shout and

Spill my guts.

And in return,

You gave it all away to crooks and hacks, 

Bad actors and a thousands angry trolls.

You left me jealous, stressed, and isolated.

My need for attention became an  addiction.

You created an exaggerated and unrealistic 

Vision of my friends’ lives.

You replaced or degraded 

Moments I had with my friends and children.

You left me alone and apprehensive, 

Slumped, and bent.

I am angry at people I don’t even know

Upset about things I don’t understand.

Manipulated by advertisers and foreign agents,

I am imprisoned  to my tribe.

You came to me as a friend.

You promised truth, connection, memories, and knowledge.

You said it was all free.

You said nobody would get hurt.

Then you used algorithms to

Give me only what you thought I wanted.

Facebook is an abandoned well 

With a neon sign, “Step Here”.

Sure, I let you do it, once.

But this is a chance.

Both of us,

Do better!