Hashtags!

Retweets!

Shares!

Regrams!

Likes!

Reblogs!

We've gotten so accustomed to social media

that the only way we help

is through

them

We don't help like we used to

We shrug our shoulders and type

thinking it will help those in need

that the like will somehow send a prayer to God

why get on your knees if a site will pray for you?

why give a homeless person some money if you can share a picture of someone else doing it?

why demand change when you can sit on your bed and sign a petition without even using a pen?

It's so easy to care without actual effort.

So easy to make a hashtag 

So hard to actually get them back.

why physically volunteer your time when you can do something "nice" in one second from your living room?

We all do it.

We tell ourselves

"it's the thought that counts"

but thoughts don't change what's happening

Actions do.