SO WAKE UP!!!
Everywhere I look I see zombies, eyes half open, minds closed to reality…trudging through a routine, until they are told they can stop. Knocking shoulders as they pass but not stopping to acknowledge each other, not even noticing each other.
For they are living a dream, a dream so disconnected it bares no resemblance to the real world. A concrete dream, a dream filled with beeps and alarms, signals and sirens, a dream bombarding them with so many messages their senses are numb.
In this dream there is no need to wake in the morning, just get out of bed, plug yourself in, do your job and play the game…that is all you need to know. Food appears, waste disappears…how is not important. The cycles of life are just hindrances, getting in the way of your job… stockpiling goods, paying debts… stockpiling goods, paying debts…
They keep dreaming, they keep walking… until one day, something happens that causes them to wake. Their eyes open revealing the glorious light of the world. They leave the noise behind and suddenly they can hear again. They open their minds and suddenly they can think again. But it’s too late, it has been too long…
and the shock
...kills them
pentangled
so very true, & well written :o)
Sarah Lombart
This is so true!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Jan Piller
Gheesh – you’re writing stories about me…....
pryere
Right on Ben, bleeps and alarms, I’m sick of ‘em. I refuse to ride the tube ‘cause of the constant announcments and now it has spread to buses aswell. I know it would be of some benefit if your deaf but it drives me mad. I am far from well off but I now refuse to have a full time job, I have been off the treadnill for about 6 months and it feels so good everyday. I have become a tourist in my own city, finding things that I knew were there but not having the time to explore them fully.
cdwork
It always good to wake up and smell the roses. It also great to spend a time with no possessions. The less we own – the less we have to worry. If we’re not careful we lock our selves in to a life of needless worry. Not me and hopefully not you- cheers
Kerryn Rogers
powerful….especially the implication of the last words. no pun intended ;)
Lisa Hill
GREAT WORK AS ALWAYS!
Ani Corless
I love zombies
Adriana Glackin
It is such a shame that we’re so asleep and miss so much.
Maryanne Lawrence
So scary and yet so true. Well done.
berndt2
A very compelling observation. I’m currently seeking employment and re-entry into that kind of world, but your accurate view of that world is something I hope to avoid. Well played, sir!