Friday, 9 April 2010

poetry robots

ROBOTS

FROM HUMBLE BEGINNINGS AND MODEST DESIGNS

TO THE LATEST TECHNOLOGY AHEAD OF OUR TIMES

MADE TO FULFILL OUR EVERY NEED WHATEVER IT MAY BE

BUT NOT ALL WELCOME THIS EVOLVING TECHNOLOGY

CHANGE CAN BE SCARY AND AT TIMES IT CAN BE HARD TO ACCEPT

IT PULLS US OUT OF THE COMFORT ZONE IN WHICH WE ARE KEPT

21ST CENTURY AND FAR BEYOND OUT OF THE POND AND INTO THE OCEAN

THE WHEELS OF DISCOVERY SET FIRMLY IN MOTION

DISCOVERING A WORLD BEYOND OUR WILDEST DREAMS

EMBRACING THE FUTURE, HOWEVER DIFFICULT IT SEEMS

THESE WONDERFUL CREATIONS MADE WITH A HUMAN LIKE MIND

PIONEERING NEW HORIZONS TO BENEFIT MANKIND

ROBOTS HAVE BEEN IMORTALISED IN MOVIES AND CARTOONS TOO

FROM BATTLE OF THE PLANETS, STAR WARS, TO SCOOBY DOO

SOME DEPICTED AS GOOD, THOUGH OTHERS CRAZED AND MAD

REALITY OF LIFE WHERE THERE IS GOOD THERE IS ALSO BAD

SPACE THE FINAL FRONTIER OR SO THEY WOULD HAVE US BELIEVE

BUT NOT ALL IS CLEAR WITHIN THE TANGLED WEB WE WEAVE

ARE THERE REALMS BEYOND WHAT WE ALREADY KNOW

IF SO TO WHAT LENGTHS, HOW FAR WILL WE EVENTUALLY GO

IN OUR PURSUIT FOR PERFECTION WE CAN FAIL TO SEE

THE CONSEQUENCES OF WHAT OUR ACTIONS WILL BE

BLINDED BY SCIENCE, CARRIED AWAY WITH BLINKERED EYES

CREATIONS HAVE A HABIT OF BITING BACK, THE LESSER WISE

THE MORAL OF THE STORY IS PROGRESS IS GOOD AND OFTEN RIGHT

BUT THERE ARE CONSEQUENCES OF WHICH WE MUSNT LOSE SIGHT

WHATEVER WE CREATE WE MUST ALWAYS REMAIN IN CONTROL

OR ONEDAY WE WON’T BE THE ONES WHO ARE IN THE COMMANDING ROLE

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