Ode to Anonymous

You comment from behind the safety of your phone
But I'd be better off if you just left me alone.
If next to your comments you don't dare to put your face,
Please doubt what you say will put me in my place.
If you are Anonymous and have never put yourself out there,
Don't think that about your opinions I am going to even care.
What have you done that gives you the right to condescend?
What credentials do you have that enable you to type mean words and then press send?
It takes a ton of time and work to share one's art
And for some reason you think you have the right to pull me apart?
Well, if instead you could kindly just not comment is what I would request
Because my patience I don't need put to the test.
You don't know what else is going on in my life
When you attack with your words that cause me strife.
Don't say anything at all, if you don't have something nice to say,
Because your negativity and bad vibes have the power to affect my day.
Do the universe a favor and to yourself keep your mean thought
Because I'm actually putting myself out there and I'm human not a bot.
Please just refrain if what you want to say is rude
Because the last thing the planet needs is more human interaction that is crude.
If you don't care for the lessons through my stories I am trying to teach,
It means you are just not the audience that I am trying to reach.
The internet is vast; there are plenty of people whose thinking aligns with your own,
Feel free to move on to someone whose words don't make you groan.
When someone shares their hard work, your mean comments really are not droll.

And being Anonymous and mean makes you nothing more than a cowardly internet troll.