The Silenced Echo #1732

The Silenced Echo Advertising cloaks itself in the guise of truth, pushing genuine truth to the background, where it smokes and smolders, unseen. Stripped bare, truth roams the streets, exposed and frail, with no pockets to hide in. On the streets, it wails. Vulnerable and open, truth stands alone, with nowhere to hide and no safe, secret lands. The news takes its place, becoming the truth’s new guise, while advertisements, wed to news, rise in deceit. Imagine a prophet and a king, allies in might. Chaos ensues, a troubling sight indeed. Media and advertisements, in a tangled embrace, leave truth powerless, a lost and forlorn face. People struggle on the streets, torn between reality and the façade. Truth, discarded, languishes in the trash, known to many but silenced and hushed. In the noise of deception, truth is crushed, leaving a void where clarity once reigned. The silence of truth is deafening, echoing through the streets, where once it stood tall. -Steven G. Lee (June 9, 2024)