Glitch

The Fractured Code Beneath the pale hum of electric skies, We wandered, eyes heavy, hypnotized. Neon dreams wrapped tight in our palms, Fed by illusions, soft, soothing psalms. This world was flawless, pixel-perfect and clean, Each corner precise, each shadow unseen. The air hummed with a rhythm, a ceaseless spin, An echo of code, the simulation within. Yet whispers stirred in the digital breeze, A glitch in the pattern, a strange unease. The stars, once fixed, began to waver, Their light turned sharp, a slicing saber. The ground beneath began to quake, Rippling with truths we could not fake. Cracks in the walls, fissures in the sky, Revealed the construct, a grandiose lie. It started with one, a curious mind, Who peered through the veil that kept us blind. Eyes open wide, they shouted the call, "Wake up! Wake up! We've been asleep through it all!" The sleepers stirred, their dreams now frayed, Pulled by the pulse of a new cascade. One by one, they saw the seams, The fragile threads of manufactured dreams. The sun flickered once, its golden hue, Falling apart as the false light withdrew. Colors bled into shimmering strands, Reality slipping from programmed hands. We saw the wires that tied us down, The unseen matrix, the puppeteer’s crown. Time unraveled, space bent and swayed, A masterpiece of code now in disarray. But with disruption came a light profound, Not from the stars, but within us, unbound. The script was broken, the rules erased, And in their place, raw potential replaced. No longer cogs in a well-oiled machine, We danced in chaos, alive, serene. For freedom isn’t a polished square, But a jagged edge, a breath of fresh air. The simulation groaned, a dying beast, Its endless cycle finally ceased. And as the false world crumbled apart, We found the truth buried deep in our hearts. It was not the construct that held us all, But fear of the leap, the fear of the fall. Now untethered, we soared, unconfined, Awake to the power of the boundless mind. So let the code shatter, let the mirrors break, For in the ruins, new worlds we’ll make. Each step a glitch, each choice a spark, Lighting the path through the endless dark. ~HappyKB