A Rant of Sorts

The state of the world is giving me anxiety. 

The "heartwarming" news seem trite and saccharin 

while the hateful news seems all too often. 

So much to say with no microphone to talk in, except Facebook. 

And these algorithms don’t seem to pick up what I need to hear, what we need to hear. The conversation. 

And maybe I'm jaded. 

Maybe social media has my head in a tail spin. 

Up from down, right from wrong, I can't seem to tell the difference. 

Maybe I'm just tired. Of the arrogance. Of the hypocrisy. Of the hate. 

Nobody understands how to listen. 

We retweet, share and post what we already know. 

We all want the microphone but say the same damn things when the spotlight's shone. Consuming nothing but what feeds our current reality 

With vastness of information outside our door. 

In a state of cognitive dissonance down to our cores. 

And while I lament on the societal side effects of apathy 

Becoming more apathetic every day I wonder,

If anxiety precedes apathy, what comes after? 

What will break through this digital chatter? 

Maybe I just don't really know what to do anymore. 

Except be anxious about the state of the world. 

All the while hoping something more productive than anxiety and apathy takes hold.