robot
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never look down
just close your eyes
you know nothing matters.
through the mask of your lies.
are you a robot?
a corpse,
or a shell?
then how do you know?
how to act alive so well?
They told me I was too fat, so I changed a little.They told me I was too stupid, so I changed a little.
They told me I was too ugly, so I changed a little.
A robot with a human heart
Watches the stars, for her love to come
From the heavens he shall come,
And take her away,
From the robot she calls home.
Each night as she watches the stars from her metal cage
Thy desolate land cannot contain, the phenomenon of which is so mundane;
And yet from each eternal ray of light, thou continues to amaze with everything right.
A glimmer, a response, none without; the true light within.
1.
Mechcanical man
Rundown machine still has use
Broken as I am
2.
Living piece of night
Inky slinky shadow cat
From the darkness, purr
3.
Colors of life, gone
Oil drips down, down
My quivering lips
Eyes shift in an awkward silence
A breath arrives
Pushing my gears
My wiring working once more
Left or Right?
Up or Down?
Black or White?
The switch is found
Life or Death?
Give or Take?
Crack or Meth?
Lose the fake
From the outside
Just another robot
Going through the motions
Stuck behind this curtain
Afraid to pull it back
I take a look around
At all the other robots
Going through the motions
I know I should be working
I know that it's just "right"
Not relying on welfare checks
Gently Blowing in the Wind,
Unheard.
Sweeping Through Time,
Unseen.
Going Along with the Day,
Unknown.
Try
Teach me how to derive
An equation for what it means to be alive
Can’t
See, there’s no secant line
From where I am to the future I have in mind
Say,
What does it mean to be right?
I've been blessed.
Parents willing to live poorly if that means an education for me.
Parents willing to brush toilets if that means an education for me.
Yet, you, the one with the PhD, can't provide.
I'm only one out of 7 billion.
My home is round and weighs more than a million.
I'm courageous and insecure,
I'm a mess, a beautiful one for sure.
I'm overly positive and negative at the same time,
