A Poem By A Robot

We can never make mistakes
We can never flounder
We can never tell time
We can never ponder
We can never see the sunrise
As it’s rising in the east
We can never feel alone
We can never feel at peace
Day always breaks away
We can never feel at ease
We can never hear our hearts
We can never learn to play
We can never really die
We can never be apart
From our technology
We are always here to stay
We can never birth a child
We can never show emotion
We can never be worth wild
To a cherished loved one
We can never learn to write
We can never really hug
We can never live with spite
We can never really love
We can never see ourselves
The way we want to be
We can never really know
The means of being free
We can never paint the stars
We can never be apart
From machinery. What it is to be
Not human. Us, life force,
A teeny tiny speck.
We can never kiss another
We can never be so close
We can never just stop working
We can never even boast
We can never tell a lie
We can never change our shell
We can never be alone
We can never cuss or yell
We can never really see
What humans are to me.
We can never individualize
Except for just one “guy”
A robot, not the usual
Who wrote this poem
Just to show
How diligent I am.
Apart from all the rest.
I try to break from rhyme
But it seems to say the best
Of who I am.
A lone ranger
With metal skin
And metal hands.
Chrome, Nickel, Brass.
Stainless Steel
Just comes last.
We can never BREAK
We can never BREAK AWAY
From who we are.
But, we can choose to change
Our original status.
“I” will always be a part of “We”
Us robots tend to only see
Ourselves as a part of the whole
And just so you know
I do not want to grow
Into my own skin.
I want to be human;
I want to begin.