Clairvoyance

I saw a billboard preaching grace

Right above a payday loan place

The news keeps flashing in violent bursts

And we scroll through hell like it’s rehearsed

The kids are learning code at ten

But no one teaches them how to mend

A heart, a mind, a history scar

They just measure worth by how far you are

Clairvoyance is a bitter gift

You see the cracks before they split

You feel the quake inside the floor

While everyone’s buying at the store

You scream, “It’s coming!” but they smile and nod

Then post a prayer to a pixel god

The oceans rise, the tempers too

They sell the sky in pay-per-view

The leaders speak in plastic tones

From gold-lit desks and rental homes

They cut down the forest to make more space

For chain hotels with numbered graves

And every time a siren wails

We turn it down, adjust the sails

Clairvoyance is a quiet hell

You see the sickness start to swell

While laughter loops on ads between

A mass eviction and a dying stream

You feel the weight, they feel the trend

And we all pretend we comprehend

The mayor said, “We’re doing fine”

Behind a wall of warning signs

And every post is a call to war

But no one knows what they’re fighting for

They paved the park and named it peace

Gave the homeless shoes, then called the police

The headlines spin like weather vanes

All heat, no shelter from the rain

They say the world’s too big to break

But I’ve seen it crack while wide awake

Through the window of a runaway train

Where strangers sing in the pouring rain