A like isn’t always a like

 Sometimes it lets you know

That you are desperate for attention

That you have curated you feed, to get

An explosion of reactions

Sometimes it tells you

That you are insecure enough

To need validation

From a bunch of strangers on the internet.

Sometimes it is to discuss, behind your back

What a spectacle you are, how incredibly unhinged!

That you should need to broadcast

Your happiness, your love, your perfect life to a crowd

You have gathered on a virtual board.

 

But at the end of the day, after all the screenshots are taken

After you get your dopamine by posting

And I get it, by discussing you in some group chat,

I will stick a blue thumb on you post

And pity you.