Playing For the Wrong Audience

One could spare their thoughts

And spend far too much time

Weighing the value of emptiness

And this society soaked in crime

Facebook, Instagram

Snapchat, and Twitter

Just so much hot air

And mind numbing litter

We’re all so convinced

There’s an audience out there

Needing our two cents

But truth is they don’t care

So when I empty out my heart

And it bleeds out for all to see

My thoughts fly into vacuum

Lost in the cold so far from me

The meaning vanishes without context

The point missed by all but a few

We all long for a listener

Someone to care for our heart so blue

But we’re barking up the wrong tree

And looking for love where it’s not

No commitment and an open mic

Just the right place for a soul to rot

So many shares

So many likes and views

We value the wrong things

Wonder why we lost our muse

Comes a time where we wake

Open our eyes from longest sleep

Realize all that we’ve missed

Having dug a hole so very deep

Yet a voice of hope still whispers

Behind life’s distractions deafening

Shrinking hearts recognize the sound

And strengthened there comes a reckoning

We stop addressing our every critic

No more throw pearls to swine

Set aside unaccountable podium

Realize that we’re just fine

You see we’re all wonderfully made

Each a unique and valuable soul

And yes, we have something to offer

Because our Creator gives us each a role

So turn a blind eye to the naysayer

A deaf ear to the stealer of dreams

Commit every day to your Maker

And overcome our enemy’s schemes