Smile Sweetheart
It's more than a tweet
More than 37 likes on instagram
showing me your
#bodypostivity
#heforshe
scrolling through the void
empty scream
issues trending on buzzfeed
meanwhile I can barely breathe
click 'like'
because social media cures all
but 'trolls' spew digital hate
behind an anonymous wall
head down don't start beef
click 'keep this off my newsfeed'
cultivated content fed through the tube
we chanted 'let us live'
and they called us rude
an algorithm designed to keep a world divided
woke up to find it irl
so the next time I'm told to smile
I can find a voice to explain to him
and keep still a smile on my face