The Lie We Live

We wake each day
to blinking screens,
chasing likes,
but losing life.

We scroll for truth
and drown in filters,
believing the loudest
must be right.

We call it progress
but breathe smoke.
We speak of peace,
yet feed on war.

The sky grows warmer,
but we wear shades.
The oceans choke,
we turn the page.

We label people
like canned goods
gender, race, religion, class
as if identity
fits in barcodes.

We raise children
with fears we inherited,
planting hate
like seeds in soil.

We bow to money,
praise plastic kings,
build walls
against our neighbors.

We hoard more things
than time to use,
and still feel
empty.

Truth is censored
in polite conversations.
Kindness is weakness.
Silence is survival.

We forget the poor
until they scream.
We forget the earth
until it burns.

We live in boxes,
think in borders,
speak in codes,
die with regrets.

But what if
just what if
we stopped running
and looked around?

What if we saw
the child in pain
and didn’t scroll?
What if we listened
instead of waiting to speak?

What if we measured
a person’s worth
by their humanity
not status, skin,
or salary?

What if we remembered
the sun shines
without permission?
That nature heals
without applause?
That silence
is not weakness
it’s power.

Open your eyes.
Look beyond the glass.
Beyond the noise.
Beyond the masks.

The world is cracking,
but hope grows
in the breaks.

You are not powerless.
You are not too late.
But you must wake up
before the clock
runs out.