Ode to the Phone

A poem I wrote in dedication to my phone. Also going to start posting weekly on Tuesdays!!

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Fake personalities, fake smiles, and fake laughs.

Like an addiction there’s no turning back

People in need of a desperate rehab and they need it bad

The dean takes away phones but that’s okay

because I was going to do it anyway

we live in a society deceived by their screens

filters desperately trying to cover up blotches and blemishes

only to portray the perfect version of ourselves

photo shop ultimately determines our impossible beauty standards

fake news brings happy deception instead of truth

phones shield the insecure and vulnerable behind screens

social media pages filled with white teeth, fake tans, and perfect bodies

anything other than that, is ugly

Emojis express emotions for us

Videos show exactly what we are doing

Pictures tell who we are with

One thing said over text can be interpreted to mean something completely different.

a picture ultimately determines our attitude

beauty standards become more and more evident in today’s society

we live in a society dependent on compliments to feel good about themselves

because looking in the mirror and telling yourself you are beautiful isn’t enough

Why are their opinions more important than my own?

While most fall for this deceitful nature,

Like a hawk, I am fully aware of the problem

Entranced by the beauty around it, that I embrace how the world should be

So, I am missing out? Or are you?

Though I can’t see what’s on her story or what he tweeted

I can see what’s actually going on through my contact lens not my phone lens

The best version of yourself isn’t the perfect person you portray in the screen

It’s the insecure person you hide behind the screen.