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Never Alone

Poetry

By KelPublished about a year ago 1 min read
Never Alone
Photo by Quinn Buffing on Unsplash

In digital shadows, where I roam,

Online's my haunt, my second home,

Behind the screen, something lurks,

In silent whispers, danger smirks.

The glow of screens, the hum of night,

A faceless specter out of sight,

In every click, in every scroll,

A creeping dread begins to toll.

Messages blink, a phantom trace,

Innocent words, a hidden face,

Emails land with ghostly grace,

A haunting in my cyber space.

Notifications, endless chime,

A shadow watching all the time,

In feeds and threads, a presence deep,

Invading dreams, disturbing sleep.

Accounts I lock, passwords I change,

But still it follows, weird and strange,

A constant buzz, a silent ring,

A digital nightmare's chilly sting.

I see the signs, the likes, the shares,

A phantom's touch in empty stares,

In every comment, every tweet,

A shadow's whisper, cold and fleet.

The webcam's eye, a glassy stare,

I cover it, but still aware,

In every post, in every view,

A lurking fear that's ever new.

My thoughts, my words, they are not mine,

In unseen webs, the strands entwine,

A faceless fiend, a hidden foe,

In cyberspace, where shadows grow.

I cannot see, but feel its gaze,

In endless nights and endless days,

A specter in the digital maze,

Lost in its unending haze.

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