Manipulation

A Poem by Sukanya

An expression of inability to manage the influx of information from various sources. The effects of social media.

Manipulation

My senses aren't trustworthy anymore,
Real and Fake, Truth and Lie,
No way to tell them apart!

The best of the best machiavellians,
performing a well rehearsed show for me,
The show is engaging, entertaining.

What I learnt, what I believed,
were all lies, they say;
Truth is today, they say;

When tomorrow, today becomes yesterday,
Today's truths become yesterday's lies;
And a new Truth is born,
Their truth becomes my truth,
and their lies, mine.

Am I really watching this show?
Or am I the show?
sedated, hypnotised I lay,
I have rented out my senses,
but my mind is still occupied!!

It is '1984', It always has been,
It always will be!