Social Batteries Not Included

You can be in all the group chats

Always first to reply

Make everyone aware

How much you care and

How much you try and

Join every outing

No matter who else goes

You might become closer

Don't say no so

You're always one who knows

The inside jokes and banter

Nicknames and the like

Don't happen when you go

But the times you don't

Could be the times they might

Form and stick forever

An exclusion of your self

They don't notice

Seems fitting

But really something else

Could reduce your fomo:

A different approach

To life and friends and friendship

Unbound from your hip

Detach, rewind, step back

And remember this

Social batteries are not included

So schedule with care

Prioritise your closest

And the most fun events

You won't miss out on much

If it's with people you don't quite

Love a lot, laugh a lot with

Because, do stuff though they might

It won't be significant

To your own life.

You will feel better

Resting to recharge

Ready for the

Rarer, maybe

Shorter, maybe

Less of a 'big thing', maybe

But better for you

Can leave some group chats

Wait to reply

Your friends will know

How much you care and

How much you try

To schedule in them

Because it's all about the people

It's not the moments you'll miss

When life gets overwhelming

And you've spread yourself too thin.

And remember you don't have to

Go to everything they do

You can sit out and

They'll still have fun

Without separating from you.

A group is still a group

If not everybody shows and

Friends are still friends

If you chooses to stay home.

and if they talk about it next time

That's your chance to join in

They're trying to share it with you

Not remind you

You weren't there for it.

You will get the updates

You will get the news

One way or another

One time or another

So let's change our view

There's nothing to fear missing

If the friendship's one you trust

Trust and communication

Are definite musts.

Prioritise certain group chats

Trust others to reply

And know it's not one-way

For how much you care

And how much you try

So do they.

Social batteries aren't included

And chargers can't leave home:

What exactly would you be missing

If you didn't go?