Hello
My name is Neo
I am the one
This is not a joke
Or a game or a blockbuster movie
This is real
This is
Life
Let me tell you my story... I
Was living my life
In my own little world
A little high tech hi-fi WiFi sporting
9-to-5 neck ties hardwired to survive
The man-made demands the man made on me
The boss and his reprimands
That was me
A few short years ago
Looking out the window longing for
Freedom
Everything seemed a little 2 hazy
Everyone seemed a little 2 shady
So I stayed in my room and learnt to program
Developed code for the brain's software
Because mine seemed to be malfunctioning
Bogged down by bugs, glitches and defective manufacturing
Then one night
I got a call
Screen blinking code signals green
Hands unseen sending messages from beyond
Cryptic correspondence
Clipped my despondence
Mother. Sister. Daughter.
Rose
Water
Eclipsed by the son
Her redemption now begun
Holy
Trinity
Thou art
One
Surprised
He is a She?
Patriarchal society everyone
Believed...
God the father
God the sun
And so on so
Truth hid or went on the run
Or was burned at the stake
Witch hunts still make the news
Witch hunts still garner more TV views
This world...
This reality...
This human construct
We all downloaded
Onto our internal hard drives and
Installed...
Losing our memory to
Follow its commands like our lives depended on it but
The colors are so vivid
The sounds so real
The people jostling in the streets so visceral and
This fear
This perpetual fear lurking ever so near that we
Feel it must be real
So we kneel
When we should stand and stand when
We should kneel
Living up to other's ideals
Dismissing what is really real
It's time to heal
No time cannot reveal
Because time came with the deal
Hard to stomach?
Well
I believed it 2
Sometimes still do
Allegory of the caves
Our people sitting like slaves
Facing walls believing in shadows
That walk and talk and blind us
That chalk outlines define us
Let blocks and signs confine us
Let ghosts from our past undermine us
Obliterating our light we think others can outshine us
So our present brings no gifts
Just deprives us
Of our future
Wounds run deep
I know...
But
Forgiveness is the suture
What Plato understood
What I wish we all could
Realize
Open our eyes
Recognize
These shadows on our wall
Are only shadows on a wall
And this ain't even our wall
Crawl out of this cave we're in
Living with concepts of sin
Holding our heads
Like blinders on thoroughbreds
Be quiet don't spook the horses
I say "try it"... resist the forces
Turn around and see your light
At first sight it might be too bright
It's natural after living life in one endless night
Yeah right... but
Show me how
Mere words
Aren't enough
Action is required
And since I can't change you
I change me
Now do you see
Why... I am the one?
I must be
All change must start with
Me in
Me by
Me through
Me change is hard and
You can't do it for
Me
Now you see
This is not a joke
Or a game or a blockbuster movie
This is real
This is
Life
Welcome to the Matrix
It's physical, mental and spiritual grand theft. Now it's time to exit
Stage left...
In dream's hand
Morphing and amorphous like Morpheus
Lies 2 choices
Don't be fooled
There is only one. A
Blue pill to sleep and a
Red pill to...
Wake up!