A friend of mine recently put a note on his facebook page that said " I'm unfriending myself".
So that make me wonder...what circumstances would lead one to such a decision?
This is that cautionary tale...
If I Was Me
This story I will tell you
Is a cautionary tale
Sometimes the only way to find the truth
Is to step right on that nail
It all began with a single question
What are you doing
In the blink of an eye it became my obsession
To share my point of view
Now the root of all my trouble and strife
Is this social media
Normally I’m pretty astute but try as I might
I couldn’t hide from that devil’s claw
Pretending to be someone else
I was trying to transcend myself
But now that I see how far I fell
If I was me I’d unfriend myself
The lure of all that attention
Was just too much to avoid
Nobody questioned my pretension
So I continued to annoy
My behavior was unwarranted
That now I clearly see
I musta been brain dead ‘cause I shouldn’t have spread
My untoward ribaldry
While I intended to flatter myself
I only offended everybody else
I acted foolish and I know full well
If I was me I’d unfriend myself
Used to be you want to talk to people
You called them on the phone
Write a letter or maybe more congenial
Go over to their home
Now it’s all high speed and balls to the wall
Instant gratification even takes too long
Everybody lookin for a curtain call
Nobody seems to know right from wrong
Now the moral of this story
Should not fall upon deaf ears
You need to take a personal inventory
Not be so caviler
The reputation I once had
As a noble man
Has all been lost and I won’t get it back
Because I did not understand
I don’t pretend to defend myself
I should put myself up on the shelf
I know the truth and that’s what I’ll tell
If I was me I’d unfriend myself
I cannot defend myself
Can’t put the blame on nobody else
I’m the fool and I know full well
If I was me I’d unfriend myself
Oh Lord
I been bad
©Standridge 2011