Meltdown
People rush past a narrow path
Knocking each other on the path,
Their minds on the task ahead,
They barely register others.
A meltdown has taken place
A role-reversal between machines
And people. People do the hard work
Machines find time to rest!
People rush down a road so dark
That leads to a future so stark!
Of their own making is the world
A role reversal so rude.
For so would they meddle with
Science, thus making a machine with
The will to rule! And thus they head to
A meltdown of all things so good.
Countries fights for control
Over resources so scarce, to rule
Over the poor would be their role.
While machines watch thoughtfully!
Thus they said, 'Let them fight,
What good did they do the earth? What
Good have they done to themselves?
Let Earth rid herself of them!'
Sadness rules the world harshly
And people lose their sense of humanity.
Goaded by pride and vanity, they hurt
One and all, just for supremacy!
Children pore into textbooks,
To be the best, to excel in exams,
In a world where rank and marks
Matter, humility makes an exit!
Even machines wonder at such
Harsh competition, the desire so much
To outshine one another, so that they
Trample into dust love and empathy.
As humanity goes into a meltdown,
All human feelings get shut down.
Humanity copies machinery while
Machinery becomes more human!
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