The Outsider

What's a like

What's to like

Why must you be liked?

Asks the outsider

I don't need

Anything

Me is all I need

I don't care because

Like's a reinforcement

Not the core

Why wait and check

Why watch and count

Why do the numbers matter?

Asks the outsider

It doesn't

I don't

Why don't you understand?

I'm not waiting, I'm just wondering

Numbers don't mean anything to me

The outsider listens

To your fumbling ramblings

And watches you check

Every notification

And sees you bleed for

Likes and follows

And listens to you count

Every number

Why is this important?

Asks the outsider

And you look up at the mirror's

Blank

Stare