Threads after midnight glow on my screen.
Scrolling back farther... than I wanted.

Deleted posts vanish, or so I believed.
But every old sentence is waiting for me.

I changed the wording, I moved things around.
But somehow the old one can still be found.

I refresh one more time, and there it will be,
Another archive link... from LoyceV.

LoyceV
Why do you log everything?

LoyceV
Why does every record stay?

LoyceV
I can edit, rearrange, make the wording look brand-new.
But the version I was hiding still comes right back into view.

LoyceV
Why do you log everything?

Trust lists stay quiet, flags make no sound.
Just calm archives threaded all out.

No grand accusation, no victory speech.
Just dates and old links still sitting in reach.

No decree, just clear proof by LoyceV

I know what I wrote, I know what they see.
Still I refresh it like the page might agree.

LoyceV
Why do you log everything?

LoyceV
Why does every record stay?

LoyceV
I can edit, rearrange, make the wording look brand-new.
But the version I was hiding still comes right back into view.

LoyceV
Why do you log everything?

Nobody made me type those lines. Nobody told me to pretend.

The log just shows what I decide.
Yet here I am, surprised again.

Maybe this time, I'll leave it alone..
...No. One more post, then I'm gone.

LoyceV
There it is, the timeline log.

LoyceV
Every link, every date.

LoyceV
Every claim stands or it falls.

And every time I think I've changed it all.
The archive sits there like nothing changed at all.

LoyceV
Every word, still there to find

I could stop handing you new things to find.
But somehow that answer never crosses my mind.

LoyceV
Why do you log everything?

LoyceV
Why does every record stay?

LoyceV
I can edit, rearrange, but it never goes away.

LoyceV
Why do you log everything?