touching souls, yet drifting apart

In this era, we're closer than ever via calls, messages, Gmail, Locket app, and so much more. Yet we're all so lonely. We still lack emotional closeness, even with the person we love. We cannot confront people who are there for the betterment of us. Social media was indeed one of the best inventions for us. It helped us grow together as a community, socially. It allowed us to choose our social circles.

But individually, did we ever really change?

That empty void you feel when you see the followers of the person you love.

The mutual similarities between you and them.

When you see people liking things that are so unhinged and retarded.

Disguised Distance and the Lack of Emotional Confrontation:

We text people instead of talking to them.

We just react "liked" to their messages.

We send reels and memes to people and hold on to the superficial, the shallow.

And even when you know it’s shallow, you don’t know how to fix it,

because maybe that’s just how it works now.

Even when someone replies, it can still feel like you're talking to a wall.

Presence is no longer about being present.

It’s about being online, replying fast, and pretending to care through curated responses.

We’ve gotten so good at performing connection that we’ve forgotten how to live it.

Passive updates and shallow checkups have replaced meaningful conversations.

Abbreviations were made just so that texting could be made more "efficient."

We have voice notes, video calls, endless apps.

But somehow, we still don't know how to say “I'm hurting”

without fearing being left on read.

Constant connection has created more agony than comfort.

And even though communication is easier now, some people don't even try.

Technology makes it easier than ever to know if someone is doing bad, yet no one checks in.

Not because they don’t care, but because they suck at emotional confrontation.

It breaks friendships.

It ruins relationships.

It breaks people who love each other.

And sometimes, it’s not just the communication gap.

It’s what it reveals.

That feeling of being the third party , even when you're the one they say they love.

It’s when they say you’re important, but don’t text you.

When they watch your stories, but reply to somebody else's.

When they like pictures of someone you don't associate with,

and you feel sick inside, comparing yourself to someone who shouldn’t even be a part of this.

You know they love you. But maybe not enough.

Not enough to choose you loudly.

Not enough to show up when it’s inconvenient.

Just enough to come back when it’s easy.

And you sit with that.

The agony of knowing you’re loved, but never quite chosen.

Maybe it’s time we try to save what we have.

Maybe we call the people we love.

Maybe we stop assuming.

Maybe we stop waiting for something to break before we speak.

Note from me:

Writing this made me emotional, 

I used AI just to fix grammar and structure, everything else is mine :)

Thanks for reading if you did. <3