The Architect lives among us

If this is the matrix, I don’t wanna know. I’ll take the blue pill.

What difference does it make if The Architect runs the world? Some believe it’s God, others than it’s us, or fate, or whatever they wanna think, but everyone has a theory. A “someone in charge,” not too different from Him. The Architect lives among us, and nothing changes. Everyone laughs and eats, and drives and hurts and f**k.

 So what if this is the Matrix? What if nothing is real? What if I'm plugged into a machine, a source of energy? I think I’d like that. I think there would be little as beautiful as being energy.  Slowly dying so someone else lives. Isn’t that what we do anyway? Lose ourselves as we give and give and give? We give our time, our love, our flesh and bone, our lives… to our bosses, and our families, and our kids, and our strangers.

If this is the matrix don’t wake me up. Let me live in my made-up fantasy world, as I live in this one. Because this could be the matrix, and no one would know. Nothing would change.

Reviews

[Samuel Dickens]

This brings to mind some of the drug-induced thoughts that were reported so often in the late sixties and seventies. Deep wondering about who we are and our place in the universe. Please don't think I'm making fun--I'm not, but merely making an observation. Some of the answers we desire may never be acquired, I'm afraid.

[Kaede16]

I don't think you are don't worry :) I guess that's the beauty of life, that we will never get all the answers. And why would we want to? Imagine how boring life would be. No mystery or magic. Thank you for your review!

[Julie McCarthy (juliesp..]

Brilliant the very shortest story I have ever ever read and oh so deep thanks !!

[KHBarr]

This is a interesting take on escapist stories in general. You reject the yearning for a better reality. I'd be interested in your thoughts about the fact that the creators of the matrix purposefully add bad elements to the matrix. This is explained as a necessity to keep humans from knowing they are trapped in a matrix. I enjoyed the story, my only question is could you make it stronger with a stronger ending? The last lines reiterate the entire purpose of the matrix movie, but don't as much build upon your rejection of escapism.

Minor grammatical critiques:

"others than it's us" should be "that"
f**k should be f***s

[Kaede16]

I wouldn't say it's so much about escapism as it is about conformism. I don't necessarily reject a better reality, au contraire, I think it would be wonderful if possible. This piece came from a conversation I had with a friend about the matrix, where he argued that he'd rather take the red pill because at least he'd be aware of his reality. I understand his point of view, even if I don't share it, but more importantly, it made me reflect and think that the matrix truly isn't that different from the world we live in. We could be living inside it (hypothetically), we could be a spec of dust in someone's reality, we could be God's plaything, and it still wouldn't matter because we are powerless against it. My point is, if this were truly the matrix, why escape it instead of living in it like we live in this world of ours. People are so desperate for knowing "the ultimate truth" and unraveling this world's mysteries that sometimes forget to just live and enjoy it.
I do recognize I need to edit this text lol. It's completely raw. I basically spat it out from my head into the computer. Changes will be made. Thank you for your review :)

[Neville]

You may not be alone.. but I'm with Samuel on this one....