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Watching the Sky Is The End Near ?

Or is this AI scaremongering?

By Marie381Uk Published 5 months ago 4 min read
By George’s Girl 2025

Watching the Sky Is The End Near ?

They say we are in danger. Every day there is someone warning that the attack is coming. The feeds are full of it. People comment like they know. We are being watched. They know what we do, what we think, maybe even what we dream.

It is impossible not to notice the patterns. Planes that linger too long. Satellites that seem to pause over certain cities. Lights that move too fast to be normal. People point at them and call them signs. Some say aliens. Some say government. Some whisper that it does not matter because the end is already decided.

And yet, you have to ask yourself how much of it is real. How much is fear we feed ourselves. Screens tell us what to think. Posts full of warnings, panic, predictions. And there is always someone ready to say we are too blind, too stupid, too unaware.

I scroll through my feed. Headlines screaming about alien surveillance. Every one more outrageous than the last. They are sure. They have proof. But there is something in the certainty that does not feel right. It is too neat, too clean. Too willing to scare us without reason.

And yet I look up at the sky. You cannot help it. The quiet above the city, the way the night seems to hold its breath. The stars that are too far to touch and too bright to ignore. Maybe it is nothing. Maybe it is everything.

People talk about defense systems and secret programs. Drones and satellites and lasers. Messages sent and received that the rest of us are never meant to see. Everyone has a story. Everyone knows someone who knows someone. And everyone agrees we are in danger.

I wonder if that danger is outside us or if it lives in our minds. Fear spreads faster than fire. It eats reason. It whispers that we cannot trust each other, that we cannot trust ourselves. One day they warn about surveillance, the next day it is the attack. Always the attack. Always the danger. Always the feeling that the world is one mistake away from chaos.

And yet, despite the warnings, despite the feeds and posts and reminders that we are being watched, life goes on. The city hums. The trains move. People talk. Laugh. Argue over small things. We eat, sleep, work. We make plans. We love. We carry on as if the sky is just the sky.

Maybe that is the point. Maybe the danger is meant to scare us, to make us forget that we are still living. Maybe it does not matter whether it is aliens or people with machines. Maybe the real test is whether we let ourselves live under fear or refuse it.

I walk down the street past people who do not look up, past billboards flashing their messages, past drones that may or may not be watching. I remind myself that fear does not have to be real to be overcome. The sky can hold secrets. The world can hold lies. My steps are my own.

The streets are quiet now. The city breathes in the shadows, in the flickering lights, in the hum of ordinary life that goes on even when we are told it will not. The children laugh somewhere in the distance, unaware of warnings or feeds or satellites. Their voices cut through the tension, a reminder that life moves forward regardless of what we are told.

I notice small things as I walk. A window left open. A cat on a sill. The smell of bread from a bakery. The ordinary persists despite the threats, despite the stories, despite the fear. Even if we are being watched, even if someone out there is recording or planning, we still move through the world.

The lights of the street stretch long across the pavement. Shadows twist and linger. A car passes slowly and I wonder who is inside and if they are aware of the warnings. The watchers, if they exist, might see the ordinary, the unnoticed moments that make life ours. Perhaps they are watching, perhaps they are not.

And I keep walking, letting the fear roll over me and fade. Letting the feeds and posts and constant warnings stay on screens where they belong. Life is outside those messages. Life is in the steps I take, the people around me, the city that continues even as we are told to panic.

So are we going to be wiped out by aliens, or is it all scaremongering? The truth may not matter. Fear thrives whether the threat is real or imagined. But tonight, I choose to move forward. I choose to notice the ordinary. I choose to live in spite of the warnings. And for tonight, that is enough. Maybe it is just improper misusage of AI?. Used to put fear in our hearts. Let’s hope I am the one who has the correct theory. Please god 🙏

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About the Creator

Marie381Uk

I've been writing poetry since the age of fourteen. With pen in hand, I wander through realms unseen. The pen holds power; ink reveals hidden thoughts. A poet may speak truth or weave a tale. You decide. Let pen and ink capture your mind❤️

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