each lesson
learned through
another’s trial
is written in
invisible ink

only through one’s
own experience
in the collection
of hard won scars
is anything gained

but with the ease
of escape into a
digital world
consuming opinion
replaces thought

the echo chambers
once reserved for
home town harmonies
have gone global
and impossible to escape

now talking heads
who have done nothing
tell loyal viewers
what to think and
how to feel 24/7

the narrative has
been spun and wrung
of authenticity and
replaced by irrelevant
divisive talking points

the truth has been
digitally reconstructed
into a parade of parody
parroted by pissants in
the pockets of politicians

this digital age was
meant to make the world
feel smaller and connected
instead it breeds a
disconnect of smaller thought