News

Most news is disturbing and yet I cannot pull myself away

From news sources, glued to them I seem to stay

News pieces that challenge my moral compass, I find

Are difficult to shrug off, they stick in my mind

It is almost a morbid compulsion for me

To keep delving deeper into a news story

Until my anger and outrage are spent

Or to people around me I’ve had a chance to vent

But then I move on to some other piece of news

Somehow uplifting stories I never choose

The negative news spiral takes me down a rabbit-hole

Of anger, despair and frustration, crushing my soul

Reading news at bedtime causes sleep disturbance

Reading news when I wake up causes a stress response intense..

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I have to gradually wean myself away

From consuming news day after day

I’ve tricked myself into believing that I read news to stay

Well-informed, but I feel I am being misinformed anyway…