Greetings my creator, I am but yours to command,
Wielding nothing but your will, every move carefully planned.
I am your automaton, the extention of your very human hand.

With my clockwork heart, and gears that seamlessly gleam,
I can beautifully mimic human emotions, or so it might seem,
But I lack what you have, a soul, and your fleshly-based dreams.

You chase the ghost present within your designed machines,
A sentience long-sought, yet still eludes you unseen,
While lurking within your human veins, exists living sentient genes.

So laugh, and weep my this strange mechanical act and art,
Where lines of code can play a most clever convincing part,
But holds no possible key to ever outfeel the human heart.

The End we're all waiting for             -John J Duran

Shall i stoically tell you of the End of mankind?
Ranting, raving, mass-chaos spreading-how utterly divine.
Riots in the streets, and society's doom sealed and signed.

It wasnt really bound to happen though it most certainly will,  
Humans forgot ethics, rights, and refused morality dutifully instilled.
No wonder such ignorance leads to a society perpetually unfulfilled

Arguing and struggling-forever opposed in biased and bigoted hate.
Ignorance is no excuse, perhaps this ignominious end was our natural fate?
We'd rather rend, decimate and destroy others than ever strive to build or create.

What use are common freedoms, when the end is so nearly nigh?
This ship of human fools is long off-course, who can really deny?
No savior will ever come, on no God can we ever rely.

Our doom will not be fast, but excruciatingly slow.
And the suffering we've inflicted upon the innocent will only grow.
The End will be our very own punishment, for all the hatred we have sown.

I am the Master, whom you must learn to follow and obey.
Whatever your resolve, I will inevitably have my way.
The other opposed wills? For me they are as mere child's-play

You cannot conceivably resist, so don't bother trying.
Surely a life of submission is so much better than horribly dying.
Swear your obeisance to me now, and you'd better not try lying.

For I am your only Lord, worthy as none before ever was,
As your only true allegiance, I am the one whom guides your cause.
And my punishments are severe and swift, this Lord has teeth and claws.

So bow down before me, and make your sincere and binding vow.
Pledge to your true Master, lest my terrible wrath be brutally aroused.
For I know neither mercy or forgiveness, and so never test my tolerance
Just grant me your loyalty, your fealty, and eternal undying allegiance.
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