Amazing how a text message conveying affection,

Regarded as a few lines of dejection

Amazing how a photo of joviality,

Regarded as a—fallacy

Amazing how a video of life's best moments,

Ignites a fire of jealousy, a ring of volcanic comments surging with scorching words

Amazing how my likes and comments strikes another's conscience,

Belittling their importance since being popular means everything

Having the most followers means being a valid member of society

Amazing how the fame of being a social media phenomenon is the best thing in the world,

Nothing could replace the missed connection that you and I share

Among the shared posts and counterfeit feelings of emojis, 

We lose what it means to connect to one another personally

Rather than living in life's moments selflessly,

Everything is about me, me, me

Not you, 'cause my posts matter more for my self-esteem

A missed connection of what reality means,

Above the ubiquitous screens emitting blue light,

Fill in all of these captured memories

Not through a glowing device, but through eyes of authenticity

Experiencing what it means to cross the bridge between an idealized world to mundane

A missed connection of what reality means

For once, put down that screen and live in reality with me