The Matrix Has You.

"Welcome to the real world" 

WTF is up with that sentence? 

I've heard it more times than I can count. 

I heard it when I started high school 

I heard it when I started college. 

I heard it when I got my first job. 

I heard it when I took my first load of 18 units. 

Now I've heard it from 3 people

talking about my 20 units and 3 jobs. 

I'm not mad at any one person

Just mad at the sentence. 

No one says it in a welcoming way

Just a sarcastic way.

People say it and what they mean is 

"Please! I've been doing that 

for years now, 

welcome to my life"

What I wanna know is

When will I ever be in the 

"Real" World? 

What is the "real" world?

Why have I been living in a fake world my entire life?

When will I stop being welcomed into this 

"real" world

And just be let in. 

Supposedly the "real" world or 

"real" life

was going to start with college

But now that I'm there

people talk about graduation 

and talk about entering the 

"real" world or starting "real" life. 

Again... what have I been doing up till now

Pretending to live in a pretend world? 

I guess the Matrix has me.