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.