Breaking through

BREAKING THROUGH

Sometimes I don’t know

how to reach the world

with what I believe matters.

Who doesn’t want to be seen?

Heard?

To make a difference?

It’s never been easier.

And never been harder.

Everything is possible,

they say.

And yet

everything is crowded.

I want to matter.

But I don’t know how.

It feels like others

have found the key.

The trick.

The rhythm.

I envy them.

Then I grow tired of them.

Especially when the same figures

fill four out of five headlines.

When noise becomes presence

and repetition becomes importance.

We speak through platforms now.

Mostly those.

They work.

I know they do.

And still,

I struggle to imagine

another way of speaking.

Another way of starting conversations.

Better ones.

Conversations less exposed

to manipulation,

to money,

to hidden interests.

I feel like I have something important to say.

But it disappears

among things

that feel loud

and empty.

And sometimes I wonder

if there’s a reason

I remain unseen.

Maybe it’s marketing.

I know that field well.

Just not how to use it

for myself.