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Inside a Cloud

A poem about being careful on Social Media

By Henrik HagelandPublished 11 months ago 1 min read
Walking through the foggy sides of Social Media - AI-Design on Author's Prompt

My face is hit by thousands drops

My eyes are burning

So moist and heavy my breathing stops

I hear sounds for ever returning

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The wind is fast

and presses me back

like signals in a wired mast

howling and scary black

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I open my dreaming eyes

I am inside a cloud

Walking on earth and not in skies

Strange people shout out so loud

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I want a man

I found you what a luck

Now I am your greatest fan

Two minutes I have know you, start the clock.

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But help me first, I am at war

My phone is dying and I need cash

Or in a drillingtower on the shore

Vacation please - you ask and I will get it in a flash.

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The more I walk in this foggy night

The changing pictures of foreign faces

On socials like drops they fight

To catch my attention they state their cases

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I try to text and check for scam

It isn’t allways easy to know

But I believe in love – it takes time like ham

to smoke for gusto, most is just show.

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I walk with the drops hitting my face

Someday my eyes will see Mr. Right

Who might write or speak a real man’s case

Fog gone and real love and warmth will open my sight.

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"Inside a Cloud" portrays the foggy and often confusing experience of being active on social media, where short, intrusive messages can feel more like commands than genuine interest.

The poem’s rhythm is deliberately choppy to reflect the superficial and impatient communication many encounter online. While I believe in romance, true connection requires more than just a random message. The poem balances the hope for love with the disappointment of empty words – a walk through the fog toward clarity and authenticity.

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About the Creator

Henrik Hageland

A poet, a writer of feelings and hope. A Dane and inhibitant of the Earth thinking about what is to come.

A good story told or invented. Human all the way through.

Want to know more? Visit Substack , my YouTube Channel or TikTok.

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  • Dharrsheena Raja Segarran11 months ago

    "superficial and impatient communication many encounter online." You've captured this perfectly in your poem! So well done!

  • Calvin London11 months ago

    Good job Henrik!

  • L.I.E11 months ago

    Awesome poem. Online dating is hard.

  • Savannah K. Wilson11 months ago

    Amazing poem about the murky side of online connections 🩷 - I have encountered all those scams too. One of the reasons I got off online dating all together.

  • Caroline Craven11 months ago

    Beautiful. Wishing you love and brighter, happy days in your future.

  • Marie381Uk 11 months ago

    Beautiful really beautiful ♦️❤️♦️

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