Human beings have virtually no value if they are just machines

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The Illusion, By Brian37 

From the onset 
From the first breath 
The sickle chases us 
To a variety of death 

We fight in futility 
This final reality 
With vacuous labels 
Of class and status 

Since atoms decay 
To our dismay 
The futile efforts 
We display 

Our masks have names 
In race and religion 
Of power and wealth 
And national origin 

And in our history 
None have escaped 
The finite reality 
All will face 

The illusion enticing 
The peacock strut 
With fanciful feathers 
Attracting others 

Plumes of falsehood 
Empty promises 
And hollow threats 
Divide humanity 

Trapped we are 
By this illusion 
Painfully obvious 
Is our imagination 

A way out 
Will never be 
No mater what lie 
We believe 

From the fame 
To the farmer 
To the Pope 
To the president 

All who are ,all who were 
And all who will ever be 
Will be swallowed by time 
And obscurity 

The cosmos 
Is cold 
Uncaring 
And not cognitive 

Please spare me 
From your accusation 
Of negativity 
Born from credulity 

Nay be I fatalistic 
Or pessimistic 
Merely from facing 
Reality 

Are there wonders 
And happiness 
To be found 
Here and now? 

A resounding yes 
I too shout 
YES, YES YES 
I have no choice 

A kitten's purr 
A loved one's hug 
I value too 
Without myth making 

The illusion must die 
For the mind to survive 
The sickle the victor 
And will always win 

It reaps our bodies 
And our stories 
Laughing at petty attempts 
To outlast it's dark robe 

Facing the finite 
Is solitude 
Incantations 
Are pale placebos 

We dress 
Dress and redress 
Our flavors 
Hoping the ice cream wont melt 

It does 
It will 
It is 
Our finality
(end)

Don't feel bad Star, most humans buy some sort of "forever" and don't think we are being mean trying to state the reality there is no such thing.

I love the poetic mind - quite rare sometimes.
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