THE ARCHITECTS AND THE ECHOES

jerry KWATCHEY
@kwatcheyjerry128608
1 month ago

#poetry
THE ARCHITECTS AND THE ECHOES

Society has never truly belonged to the majority.
It never has, it never does, and it never will.

Across every era, from kingdoms to empires to modern digital tribes,
the world is shaped by a small circle of individuals with stronger wills,
sharper conviction,
and voices that refuse to be drowned by the noise.

These are the architects
the stubborn minds who bend reality toward their belief.
Not because they are chosen,
but because they choose themselves.

And then…
there are the others.
The many.
The crowd.
The ones who move not by inner compass,
but by the loudest drumbeat around them.

They follow trends as if they were commandments,
echo opinions they did not birth,
and let the temperature of society decide their own internal climate.

Influence becomes power.
Volume becomes truth.
Popularity becomes prophecy.
And the masses flow toward whichever voice speaks with the most confidence,
the most charisma,
or the most audacity.

A few lead.
Many follow.
This has always been the rhythm of civilization.

But the real lesson is simple:

If you don’t strengthen your will,
someone else’s will is going to direct your life.
If you don’t build your own voice,
you will live inside somebody else’s echo.

Because influence is a battlefield
and silence is surrender.

A Reflection from the SIMU Collection.

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