Ode to Scripted Selfies

Oh it’s fascinating to evolve and watch the preoccupation with the devices sweep the culture when you were born in a time when one traveled freely and bravely without cell phones or GPS.

Simply observe the love affair with smart phone technology so many are having

It’s a narcissistic tryst
although cleverly disguised
Cunningly convincing the user
That their interactions are with others.

The object of one’s affection
Within the screen
preys on insecurities
like a sleek sexy panther
Stalking an innocent babe

Yet this fascination with tiny screens continues
dolled up faces with dog ears and kitty whiskers
Collagen injections and Botox masks
Associations with likes and dislikes breed new tribes and groups online one can join.

It’s not evil
It just is
But what is it?
After all...

a symbol of our powerful hunger to connect
a symbol of our thirst for love ❤️
and knowledge
The internet, merely a tangible manifestation of our desire for omniscient wisdom at our fingertips
& union

Selflove through filtered selfies
precisely angled shots
Promotions of an image we find most lovable, at last.
To use that avatar as a way we wish to be seen

A chosen face
A scripted personality
Cool and correct
Above reproach
...
Maybe how we could feel if we approved of ourselves 100%
and simply lived Self-endorsing
and taking pride in this precious life, here and now, in 3-d
Without being seen
Without needing any praise or applause
Or feeling any urgency to compete
In the ever so grand and now very global marketplace.

Infinite mirrors
The trick is learning to see one’s Self in them
and love them
Even in their conveniently ignorant forms.
It’s all a part of the evolution parade...

Silhouettes will return
The shadows always do
Can’t outrun them
No matter how many perfectly captured moments you can curate in this chaotic mystery
Death finds us all
Eventually
But maybe one’s legacy will live longer now in the Akashic record of the World Wide Web?

Outsmarting death
by inserting oneself into the blockchain
can't be rewritten now, history kept accurately
eternal life realized, at last
without the maddening adherence to good deeds.