Picture a boy in a box
No way out
No way in
Just food, water, shelter
Living conditions
And information
Every ounce
Every string
Every piece
Of the collective
knowledge of the universe
Math and science
Social, political
Economic
Geological
Historical
Anatomical
Knowledge
This boy learns everything
This boy knows everything
And spends no time wasted
On physical thoughts and worries
He knows the secrets
He knows the reasons
And despite having every thought
He never gets to experience
To a boy who has never seen the light
How can this be wrong?
A boy who exists in a perfect mental state
Of blissful mindful acuity.
Doesn't he want what we take so willing?
Why should he be forever still?
Shouldn't a boy be free and ignorant
Heedless of all greater thoughts?
Now this boy
is no longer a boy
But a machine
Just as alive
Just as conscience
But not flesh and blood
Not one of us.
Why is this suddenly acceptable?
Do gears and cogs rob a man of humanity?
Is a heart the defining feature
And not the compassion within it?
A boy in a box
is just as worthy
of life and love
as a machine
who can see this condition
that we call humanity
in the same way.
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