Broadcasting Shadows
They sell us echoes
and call it news,
broadcasting Shadows
while the truth sits bruised
in the backroom of forgotten.
Every screen,
a circus of scandals,
where silence gets muted
and lies
come with soundtracks.
We scroll through blood
and broken bones
like it's sport,
watching tragedy
like returns,
waiting for the next hashtag
to bleed meaning.
No one sells peace-
not when war clicks better.
No one pushes growth-
not when gossip grows faster.
No one uplifts-
not when tearing down
makes better headlines.
Cameras zoom in
on cleavages, crime,
and chaos,
but pan out
when children build libraries
in war-torn villages.
Truth wears no make-up
She doesn't trend.
She sits still
while the world
chases dopamine
dressed in drama.
And us-
we keep sipping the poison,
call it culture,
call it freedom,
while they frame our minds
with florescent lies
and call it prime time.
But I won't kneel
to flashing lights
or the gospel of greed.
I write
in the language of awakening,
whispering wisdom
that rises
above the noise.
Because someday,
someone will need more
than headlines-
they'll need truth
that doesn't stutter.
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