Racing Rabbit - Social Media

Back with some poetry

Yes social media had found her

Had come to infect her.

Living had become a pendulum 

She now welcomed the swing of it

She admitted the fact that she was drawn towards it

She liked the likes that  used to crackle her like magic

She could not put her mind off social media 

even though she didn't trust the people there

She knew being rich on instagram was like being rich in monopoly . Useless.

We hold the smartphone aim by our fingertips 

We aim At ourselves 

We shoot ourselves

Erase our blemishes

Post it on social media 

Wait for likes and comments 

Social media can sometimes

be distressing 

Because everything I chose to share should always be impressive 

Clearing your exam shoots the likes number to sixty four

When you fail 

There is nothing but a silent seashore 

We join social media

Thinking will be taken care of by the friendly crew

And you hope to see something  new

I know people whom Ive never met

Never heard from my mom nor from my dad

I know people of whom I've never read in my books nor in any newspapers

Distance is no match for these machines
Each of us has been infected by the disease

My parents taught to me to talk to people like raindrops one by one in an order 

Not all at once like a cold shower

I observe what they say

I like what they write

I comment on what they post 

I religiously receive their notifications like a pleasant host 

I listen to them more than my parents

Follow their rules more than my shariah

Thats the impact the social media has on you  and duniya.

Feeling proud about wearing hijab

Asserting the need to grow a beard and not a moustache 

Pleasing your better half more than any other human

These are things my mum would never say

Had it not been the social media to keep my apprehensions at bay

Be it the sunnah I left behind with my childhood in the madarsa

Or the revival of soul that often catches rust with time 

Social media has definitely helped me  fall , rise and revive.

Yes , it has helped some low lying businesses thrive

Taught girls to beautify themselves and place hijab on the standby

The fanciest ways to wear hijab 

From hoojab , turban or or a winged eye

Propagated a temptation in me that it's okay to pout with your pancake on as long as you have the one metre long head pack

Yes they helped me to make my self obsession public

Made me jealous about the luxuries my sister in Islam has

Made me stress over the worldly luxury in my duas

See my friends , social media is a place of knowledge and hypocrisy

Stand against an icon and you face no mercy.

Its a great place to chat and share

Curating and blogging can also be done 

If you have ample time to spare