The Social Dilemma
Emily-Rose Reed 2006 (charters Towers)
You sit and stare at your phone
And pretend like no one is home
No ones paying attention to you
And there is nothing to do
There is no buzzing the room
Its silent for once
No snapchat, no facebook, no twitter or insta,
There isn't even a single whisper,
You go to sleep,
Still not a peep,
and wait for another day,
Where someone might say hey!
You wake up with notifications a plenty
There is at least more than 20
But it’s hard to get over something that can give
More opinions in the world that aren’t always positive
We sit on our phone for hours
Texting, calling and scrolling
Our algorithm is in control
It’s watching our every move
If only we could prove
That people bully online as well
And we take in things that make us unwell
We take photos and edit them to the bone
But it’s only coming from our phone
All we want is attention
Even just want a tag or mention
We should limit this obsession with phones
That cause bullying, and abusing online
It doesn’t make you any better
What ever happened to writing a letter
You have to stop but its really tough
This addiction you have is more than enough
You aren’t speaking to the world in person
And I fear that may worsen
Limit yourself you don't have time
To sit on your phone all day and whine.
About this poem
This poem is about how so many teenagers worry and waste time on their phones.
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Written on December 16, 2021
Submitted by emilyrose_r on March 24, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,287 |
Words | 270 |
Stanzas | 7 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 6, 4, 5, 6, 4, 6 |
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