A Saturday reflection on Facebook's merits

If on Facebook
you should go
remember there are
highs and lows
people lurk
around each corner
some are friends
and some are foreigners
what you post
can travel far
transformed like
caterpillars
in a jar
it's also true
you know
I'm right
Facebook
tempts you
in the night,
in community
you can be
bursts of "like"
can tickle glee.

Perhaps it would
be good
to rest
read a book
find lovers' chests
to cradle heads
(so full
of words)
suppress the draw
(sometimes absurd)
to check
and check
and check, once more
comments made?
are you adored?

But resting isn't
quite so fun
as sharing stuff
that we have done,
or finding others
who agree
with social truths
that we can see
or maybe laughing
right out loud
at u-tubes
jokes
stored up in "Cloud".

I say I'm not
but it's not true
I am addicted
here
to "yous",
the ones who drop by
on my blog
or share new tunes
for my i-pod,
or make me laugh
and sometimes weep,
who listen to
my "I can't sleeps"
who find old mates
from distant pasts,
who show cute pictures:
birds, giraffes,
who comment on
what others say,
who give me hope
and not dismay.

I guess that is
the thing
oh yes!
The thing
that Facebook does
the best
it brings me closer
to my friends
supports my passions
(not dead-ends)
entices me
and my
poor brain,
to come out
connect
and play again!