Ghost

I'm a ghost in the group chat, seen but never heard Typing out a sentence, then deleting every word I watch the conversations flow like water down a drain A silent observer in a hurricane of the mundane They're planning parties I won't attend, sharing jokes I'll never get Building up a world where I don't seem to fit I'm the green dot glowing, a presence and a threat A monument to everything they'd rather just forget And late at night I scroll through faces I once knew Wondering if they ever see me staring through the blue I'm a GHOST IN THE GROUP CHAT Nobody knows where I'm really at I'm screaming into pillows made of code and glass and light But nobody can hear me in the middle of the night I'm a GHOST IN THE GROUP CHAT I used to have a voice that filled a room with sound Now I measure out my worth in likes on holy ground I curate my existence in a grid of tiny squares Hoping that the algorithm finally cares But algorithms don't have hearts, they only have a goal To keep me scrolling, keep me empty, keep me paying toll And every time I post a piece of who I want to be The ghost inside the group chat grows a little more like me I see them all together in a photo from last week And I'm the phantom limb they didn't even seek I'm a GHOST IN THE GROUP CHAT Nobody knows where I'm really at I'm screaming into pillows made of code and glass and light But nobody can hear me in the middle of the night I'm a GHOST IN THE GROUP CHAT Tonight I'm leaving the chat Not with a bang Just a quiet exit A ghost finally moving on