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Influence Me

A poem about social media

By Silver DauxPublished 10 months ago • 1 min read
Influence Me
Photo by Ryan Plomp on Unsplash

Influence me.

Feed me words

That mean

Absolutely

Nothing.

Make me hungry

For the things

I'll never have,

Never want,

Never even

Think about

Again.

Push me around,

Make me sway

With desires

Stoked

By invisible

Flames

Floating through

Air and space

And starlight.

.

Give me a second

To unravel

Underneath the

Blue touch

Of influence.

Bring me down

To my knees

So that I can

Appreciate,

Adequately,

The torment

Of wanting what

You've given me.

It's such a tease,

This hunger.

You've carved

A hole in my belly

And I cannot fill it.

This is the

Longest form

Of torture

I have known.

And it buds

At my own

Fingertips.

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About the Creator

Silver Daux

Writer of the dark! Think of it like flipping rocks, the weird little stories underneath are my jam and jelly. Jam and butter? Just jam. Absolutely no use of AI in any of my works :)

Ah, also:

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    Written by Silver Daux