The right people,
chained to the wrong dreams,
building castles within the clouds
in a storm of unmet needs.
A shadowplay of purpose,
where brilliance burns
for things bound to crumble—
glowing screens reflect insatiable hunger.
The language escapes us,
this magic unnamed.
Wires hum with the power
while hearts strain from the weight.
Innovation crowns the hollow,
a cathedral to our desires,
where profit chants the hymn
and silence answers the prayers.
What could they create
if freed from this machine?
If brilliance turned to balance,
if magic spoke to meaning?
But for now,
it dazzles and it devours,
decadence dressed as destiny—
rising from the wreckage of wonder.
The machine hums louder,
singing its song of progress,
while we barter tomorrows
for each of our gilded yesterdays.
Beneath the shadows,
embers smolder—silent, unbroken,
longing for minds to shatter their chains,
to script our fate and cast the blame.
~Eric Vance Walton~
Be well and make the most of this day.
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