Another night...

Soluma

Hello, you, I remember you,
You're the one I've never seen before
Welcome to my heart,
You already have a place to stay

I can't hear you
Over the noise of your mouth shut tight,
I can't speak to you
I'd dim your blinding light

-+-

It's all I can do... but it's never enough... because things never change on their own....

It's a strength I need... but it's a strength that nobody can ever truly gain.

ByDesign_MxO

Soluma, all those honestly striving to build a better future for humanity try to do their best. But the truth is no one normal individual can ultimately turn humanity from the future we all fear. Only working together, supporting others and they in return supporting us can we magnify our strengths and minimize our weaknesses.

While it is true the exceptional individuals count for much when leadership is needed or an extreme sacrifice is to be made, only united do we ultimately stand a chance a gaining a future for all of humanity. Divided we will fail; it's as simple as that. Charismatic leaders can be silenced, like Morpheus, exceptional individuals may chose to make the ultimate sacrifice, as Neo did, but in the end those that are left behind are the ones that must continue on living and try to build humanity a better future.

Shadow Griever

Sol, I was wondering, just off the top of my head. I heard that you were a singer back in the day, have you ever given any thoughts to performing again?

I think it would be a great way to motivate the operatives, and who knows, maybe it'll help you as well in the process.

lol, does it show that I'm a psychology major?

Soluma

Mm, I've thought about it. And you certainly aren't the first to mention it. But the opportunity has never really properly presented itself, and it never seems like an appropriate time to take the initiative.

And again, I haven't rehearsed in ages....

But who knows... might just have to happen one of these days. I've found that opportunities rarely ever present themselves without at least some action involved. Two facing mirrors will forever reflect nothing back at each other....

**ZeroMark**

I often feel the same, at night, here in this cold hovercraft. Sleep dosnt come easy to me. My thoughts often drift to why i fight, friends ive lost and why for Zion, when i could be living in the luxury of the Merovingians palace or the brutal clarity of purpose the machines have.....

Do i fight for Zion because it is my home? Or because its all ive ever known?.... I dont know.

Maybe i fight for the people, the people of Zion have no defense against powers of the Matrix, we are it....

....The First and Last line of defence....

When i was a blue pill, healing was the only thing that made the system make sense, now i find myself on the other side battling for what i feel is right.

I guess the question is why do you fight Soluma?

ZeroMark

P.S

I heard you sing when you were a bluepill, fantastic SMILEY

Shadow Griever

hmm, I know what you mean, Sol. People say I should keep writing, but it never seems to be the right oppurtunity.

Soluma

I don't think the question is really why I fight for anything. The answer to that is simple and obvious: because it is what I feel that I must do.

The question is whether what I must do and what I want are the same thing. At first, I almost thought they were different, but then I realized how simple it is to see that what I feel I must do really is something that I want to do.

So the question really is just this: what do I really, truly want?

What I truly want, though, doesn't really matter... or at least it shouldn't... it can't... but it too often does....

It's impossibilities of this sort that hinder sleep from my eyes and bring smiles of confused fascination to my face.

Shadow Griever

circular thinking'll do that to ya

Soluma

...

Oh why? I thought you had left.... I thought you were gone forever as well.... It's not you I want to see again....

...I see, now, how things are... this is an impossibility... as the other?... How terrible they both are....

Don't let me fall again....

...

...Perhaps I already have. For I see... tomorrow is just another stepping stone out in the ocean. It's never a shoreline.

**Tytanya_MxO**

The bleak and fruitless future ahead of Zion is enough to make anyone melancholy, don't worry too much you are not long for this world or the other!

Redavra

Soluma, I'm going to come rattle some eating trays and steel mugs next to you this 'eve in the mess hall, and we'll see if we can make some music for you to sing along to. Maybe we can re-figure that hard disk speaker to eject some electro?.

**Avadonis**

Egh....

Darkness, light. It's all the same if ya ask me, it's just where you are at the moment that's the difference.

Try trainin' in a Construct, it always helps me to clear my head, heh.