we photoshop out
the alien within us
retouching our selves
*
to present profiles
that are shareable and bland
we become other
*
migrating exiles –
those aliens outside us
beyond the pale walls
*
and who am I then
an alien inside you
apt to be expelled
*
when you draw borders
for my refugee heart, we
live a little less
*
free to be as we
are in our core and essence,
unretouchable
*
irretrievable
inalienable us:
search for us in vain
*
Omm
March 2018
This perfectly, fittingly depicts the limits of personal freedom in a world ever more encroached by the snooping vigilance of our social media-overrun societies
Thank you, James!