Quick Reads

Omelas (AU)

Welcome to Paradise, what would you like to see?

I would like to see the Other Side, please.

Why would you want to taint your perfect memory with filth? Don't be ridiculous! I can give you a tour of the finest luxuries Paradise has to provide.

No. I'm searching for reality, not illusions.

What makes you think this isn't real? In Paradise, anything you want, you have it. Anything you need, you got it.

Then I want the truth.

The truth! You know that does not exist. It's just some fairytale concept that fills up your imaginative mind.

So paradise does not has truth?

There is more to life than truth! Look around you, all your fantasies come alive here. What more do you seek?

Happiness.

I have seen no man on paradise ever having a frown on his face. Even you are smiling right now!

Not smiles and laughter. Happiness. I need to go to the Other Side to feel that.

The Other Side only has sadness, misery and darkness. No person who has seen a glimpse of the Other World has ever stayed the same.

I know. It's because they saw the truth and felt real happiness.

Are you calling the other side the truth?

Yes. If people on paradise say that the truth is bad. Then it is the Other Side, as it is as bad.

If the truth is so evil, how can you expect to feel happiness after seeing it?

If I see the truth, then I know my reality. The reality that I came with and not the one I designed.

Will the reality bring you happiness then?

Yes. My purpose is to find my reality. My truth. For that, I need to discover both the sides of the World.

I can't take you to the Other Side. Only you can go there.

Why?

Because it exists within you. You are the World. The Paradise is what you created. The Other Side is what you destroyed. They will always remain a part of you. It is the anatomy of your soul. The day you'll accept this reality, that day you'll attain happiness. This is your truth.