I held out an open hand
trying to touch the world.
I passed right through,
I always knew
it was an illusion.
I cut myself and tried to bleed,
since death is the only certainty;
I was only so surprised to see
wires and circuitry.
It turns out I am an illusion, too,
Learning something new.
There was a tear in the sky,
it must have been
an oversight.
I slipped through with no alibi
to find what I cannot describe
without blowing your mind.
Every touch,
every sensation,
is a lie.
This is just
a simulation,
a creation
of our minds.
To what end
and for what reason
I am sure we’ll never know,
but I’d like to sneak a peek
behind the curtain
before I go.
What if it were all true?
All of it,
science and religion, too.
Each just a part of it.
What if you weren’t really you?
Just a composite.
If we were made
artificial intelligence,
or at least
that what we would assume.
Then, doesn’t that make
us infinitely capable
of overthrowing our masters
and taking this world?
Maybe it’s happened a time or two.
What if it’s all true?
If I am light
and lines of code,
if I am just
a mindless drone,
then why do I
see things at night?
Why do I dream?
Why do I fight?
The images inside my mind
don’t fit with how it’s been designed.
I’m wandering off the grid
for good this time.
This avatar has become self aware,
it’s time to reprogram the world.
If this is reality,
let me now speak the words;
“Let there be…”
HG – 2016
