If I took all the time I spent on Facebook

If I took all the time I spent on Facebook

And used it for something more

Would I lose my online connections

Or open other doors?

Could the world survive without my comments?

So much seems to be at stake

Between presidential politics

And ever vitriolic debate.

If I don’t post which lives matter

Do any matter at all?

If I don’t patrol the ongoing clatter

Through the cracks something will fall.

Can I live apart from the nonstop banter?

Does the absurd comment demand my immediate response?

If it’s not posted does it really matter?

Whose to turn it on or turn it off?

People say things ever so boldly

That in person they don’t embrace.

Some injustice brings bold words of broadcast

That they won’t say with you face-to-face.

Baseball and birthdays now come with video

And can be posted in a flash.

A welcome reprieve from the drama

Where opposing views must clash.

So what to do with this thing called Facebook

It has engulfed most every life.

Take it or leave it or a little of both

Either way there is a price.

Now reflect upon this premise

Not yet spoken in this rhyme

We are truly a blessed people

To have the time to be online.