A “Dear Facebook” Letter

by Heather Grace Stewart

Dear Facebook:
It’s over.
This time it’s for good.
Cool! A Fan Page for
Boyz n da Hood!

Dear Facebook:
I’m taking
a cyber-vacation.
(Just let me check
that notification.)

Like a moth to the flame,
it’s always the same.
Leaving’s not easy;
weekly won’t do.
You’re using me;
I’m using you.

Dear Facebook:
Deletion.
I think that it’s best.
(Why do I have to
submit a request?)

Dear Facebook:
Not fair!
Guilt’s not very nice.
“Your friends will miss you”
made me think twice.

Like a moth to the flame,
it’s always the same.
Leaving’s not easy;
weekly won’t do.
You’re using me;
I’m using you.

Dear Facebook:
I’m sorry.
You win this fight.
Twitter meant nothing!
It was one night!

I’m socially blind—
it’s like an abyss—
no viral videos;
no urban myths.

Dear Facebook:
You’ve got me.
We’ll never be done.
I’d miss all my friends­—
and Bieber(RealOne).

I looked at a lot of different poems about the internet, Twitter, social media and Facebook, and liked this one a lot.  I know I've personally wasted a lot of time on Facebook, IM, and Texting.  I don't "tweet" and I don't "blog" normally, but they would only make it worse.  I think this poem is pretty cool because it is a great allusion to a very modern topic which connects with just about every student in the U.S.  in one way or another. Not everbody "Facebooks", but nearly everybody has a cel, computer or some way of instantly connecting.  Like this poem says, the whole process is addicting and you can spend hours and not even know it, and in the end it really doesn't accomplish a whole lot - but it still impacts people from virtually every age, even my grandmother Facebooks nearly every day.