‘Reality’ (They Say…)

They say that none of ‘it’ is real
They say that ‘it’ doesn’t exist
We’re living in a simulation
(Though opinion on this is mixed)

They say we experience duality
Created from ones-and-zeros
And we should simply bow and accept
The words of our Scientist-heroes

They say that beneath every atom
There’s a quantum realm of strings
And the way they weave and intertwine
Creates an illusion of material things

They say we don’t really need to know
We don’t need to understand
To leave all that kind of business
In the theoretical Physicist’s hand

They say there’s no such thing as Time
Nor any such thing as Space
They say that when our end-time comes
There won’t be anything to face

There will be no final judgement
No purgatory, nor price to pay
For there is neither Heaven nor Hell
Just nothingness when we pass-away

They say that there is no ‘meaning’
Nor ‘purpose’ for us – and if true
Then we should just ‘enjoy-the-ride’
That’s the only thing we can do

For there is no stairway-to-Paradise
There’s no so-called ‘Afterlife’
And, when we go, just an eternal void
Remote from all pain and strife

For we’re all just insignificant players
On a stage of chaos and mess
And each of us is a mere conduit
For the Supreme Consciousness

To learn ever more about Itself
As the aeons (for us) pass by
But in fact all that is happening
Does so in the blink-of-God’s-eye

‘reality’ (they say…)