1Earthling

People followed different pages,
different voices every day.
Stories travelling the networks,
each finding their own way.

Neighbours sitting side by side,
reading very different things.
Conversations felt familiar,
yet arrived at different ends.

People are connected closer,
more than ever in the past.
Yet the world seemed larger
than it ever was before.

Some saw one thing in headlines,
others something different there.
Standing in the same room talking,
but seeing very different worlds.

Families gathered round tables,
conversations drifting wide.
People sharing links and stories,
certain they knew the truth.

Friends who once agreed
now saw things differently.
Nobody knew when it happened,
only they'd drifted apart.

People are connected closer,
more than ever in the past.
Yet the world seemed larger
than it ever was before.

Some saw one thing in headlines,
others something different there.
Standing in the same room talking,
but seeing very different worlds.

Information kept arriving,
leading people down new roads.
Communities formed around ideas,
growing stronger day by day.

People found their own reflections,
mirrored back from every screen.
The same events unfolding nightly,
viewed as very different scenes.

Tom still worked in the systems,
watching traffic move around.
Most just saw another message,
moving through another feed.

He saw the links connecting
in every corner of the world.
Yet, as people connected more,
the more they seemed to disagree.

People are connected closer,
more than ever in the past.
Yet the world seemed larger
than it ever was before.

Some saw one thing in headlines,
others something different there.
Standing in the same room talking,
but seeing very different worlds.