Smarter Than the Machine”

 They say,

But everyone does it…

And so the blind leap,

One by one,

Off bridges built by banks

And dreams sold in payment plans.

We are born

Into a kingdom of chains,

Where freedom is credit

And happiness is leased

At 29.9% APR.

They whisper,

Keep up, stay pretty, stay busy,

But really they mean:

Stay dumb, stay stressed, stay asleep.

Because the gears must grind

On the bones of the buzzing.

The Machine feasts

On your hurry,

On your need to be liked,

On that hit of dopamine

You call a new gadget.

But you —

You are the glitch.

You see the matrix behind the mall.

You hear the hum beneath the hustle.

You know:

You don’t have to run just because the treadmill is moving.

There is power

In pause.

In thinking differently.

In asking:

What if I said no?

What if I chose

To reap the harvest

Without sowing my soul?

It is not easy.

Freedom never is.

But once you seize

Your time, your choices, your future —

Anxiety stops being a monster

And becomes

A moment.

A nudge.

A whisper.

A gentle reminder

To pay attention.

To stay awake.

To live,

Not just survive.

You are smarter than the machine.

And that’s where the revolution begins.