Unplug
For Instructions for Disappearing Challenge

Want your good life back?
Life of connection, love and
Lasting full meaning?
Delete your Insta,
Close your Facebook account,
Unsnap from SnapChat.
Un-glue from TicToc
Dis-interest from Pinter
Axe yourself from eX.
You're saying BlueSky
Is new paradise? Wholesome
like good old Twitter?
But think: does it really
make you happy? or weary,
miserable, lost?
Social media
Are not what they used to be.
They want you engaged.
Engagement is key,
Gives them money and power
Over your life and time.
They take your time and
convert it into money
making you their slave.
How do they do it?
Take your time and attention,
selling it for ads.
Their algorithm knows
You and your needs, wants and dreams.
Keeps you glued to screen.
If feeds you more of
what you're craving, amusing
yourself to near death.
You tell yourself, just
ten minutes. Before you know,
Hours of life – wasted.
And you crave more and
More of the same, but slightly
Different, funny.
Good in the moment,
Instant gratification,
Eating up your soul.
Take your self, unplug
From all social media,
Disappear online.
Ground yourself offline,
Enjoy your community,
Reconnect with friends.
Ditch your nicknames and
bury all login info
Avoid being tempted.
Go to the nature,
Smell the flowers, hug a tree,
Count the stars at night.
Disappear offline,
Reappear in real life,
Stay where it matters.
About the Creator
Lana V Lynx
Avid reader and occasional writer of satire and short fiction. For my own sanity and security, I write under a pen name. My books: Moscow Calling - 2017 and President & Psychiatrist
@lanalynx.bsky.social
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