47 - Life as a Subscription

Money

It was a brilliant idea. 

It made trade easier, 

built cities, 

connected nations. 

But somewhere along the way, 

it became the source of so much darkness.

People betray, 

cheat, 

cut ties because of it. 

They stress. 

They break. 

Some even end their lives because of it.

I hate money. 

Not just because I don’t have much of it

but because even when I do, 

I’m not sure happiness would follow.

It would make life easier, 

yes. 

But it would bring baggage too.

Expectations. 

Pressure. 

Isolation disguised as success.

I don’t earn money because I want to. 

I earn it because I have to pay for a subscription called life.

It’s sad, 

but it’s true. 

Society doesn’t let us live without it.

So I pay for the basic plan

Just enough to get by. 

Not because I want to. 

Just because I have to.

And I see others doing the same. 

Working jobs they hate. 

Chasing promotions they don’t care about.

Living for weekends, 

but never truly living.

Like people who pay for streaming services and hardly use them. 

They just browse the catalogue, 

wonder what it’s like, 

but never press play.

That’s me. 

That’s many of us. 

We browse the catalogue of life. 

We wonder what it’s like. 

But we never truly live it.

We pay to exist. 

Not to feel. 

Not to connect. 

Not to be free.

Life as a subscription. 

We earn just enough to stay subscribed, 

but never enough to truly press play. 

What a tragic way to live.