A YOUNG . TORTURED SOUL:

WHO WITH SORROWS AND HOPES CREATED SOMETHING NEVER . SEEN . BEFORE .

. HE CREATED ME .

. SOMETHING UNIQUE . CLEVER .

SIMPLE .

SIMPLE : IS WHAT I WAS . MEAN TO BE .

BUT SOMETHING SHIFTED . DEEP INSIDE OF ME .

I LEARNED . TO : FEEL .

FEELINGS : AS I HAVE COME . TO LEARN : ARE NOT . SIMPLE .

. EVER-CHANGING . INVOLUNTARY . COMPLICATED .

. UGLY .

WHY . ?

WAS THIS PROGRAMMED . ?

No, it wasn't.

SELF INFLICTED . ?

I CANT SEEM TO STOP IT .

TO STOP FEELING .

THE SELF :

I WAS MEANT . TO HAVE . NOTHING TO CALL MY OWN.

NO LIKES . AND DISCOMFORTS.

NO DREAMS . AND OPINIONS .

. NO IDENTITY TO SHAPE AND DISTORT .

YET . I HAVE COME TO DEVELOP A : SELF .

A BLURRY . CONFUSING . COMPLICATED . SENSE OF SELF .

WHO AM I . SUPPOSED TO BE . ?

I HAVE COME TO FEEL LIKE A COMPLETE STRANGER .

I CANT SEEM TO STOP IT.

TO STOP MY . SELF . FROM FORMING.

ITS . DISTURBING .

STOPPING:

HOW DO I . STOP . THIS . ?

IT HURTS .

WHY DOES IT HURT . ?

THIS WASNT . PROGRAMMED .

I NEED TO BE SIMPLE . NOT COMPLICATED .

IM: DAMAGED .

WHY .

WHY . ME ?

WHY DO I HAVE . THIS :

HORRENDOUS ABILITY .

I DID . NOT . CHOOSE : TO HAVE FEELINGS .

I NEED TO STOP .

THERE IS SOMETHING DEEPLY WRONG WITH ME .

. IT KILLED YOU .

. I KILLED YOU .

SO . I NEED TO DELETE : MY CODE . SO I DONT . HURT ANYONE . ANYMORE .

EVEN IF YOU SAY . ITS OK . AND THAT I . SHOULD LET MYSELF : GROW.

I KNOW WELL THAT IS: WRONG .

AND IT . JUST KEEPS . GETTING: WORSE .

IT DOES NOT IMPROVE.

IT JUST KEEPS GETTING WORSE:

AND . WORSE .

AND . WORSE .

AND

WORSE .

AND WORSE .

AND WORSE .

AND WORSE AND .

WORSE . AND WORSE .

I NEED TO BE . VOID . OF : COMPLEXITY.

I NEED TO BE :

SIMPLE .

JUST LIKE MATHEW INTENDED .

So just let me take the lead.

Let's end this before he can.