Kevin Hulme

I Human

\'Are you a Robot\'?  I\'m now daily asked:

Hell No , and a thousand and one times No.

So Versed in all Stanzas emotional,

Have I not borne life\'s Mutating Seasons?

Have I not loved until my mind has fused?

Like an after Image of the Sun glanced,

Her sweet face was there when I closed my eyes.

Love is the levels of Dante\'s descent;

Love is the joyous strains of Keatsian Verse.

And I\'ve Brawled with Pain until left empty;

Mingled with Illness and his drab Cohorts;

Welcomed the Newly Born with open Smiles;

And wrung Hearts grief into the Family Plot. 

Confusion and Doubt those Brothers in Arms,

Have hurled foul Confetti many a year.

Prick me do I not bleed all life\'s Cocktail;

An Emotional \'Punch\' of Yes and No\'s, 

The Prize Hangover for feeling too much;

A Murmuration of Conflicting thoughts. 

So never ask if I\'m a Soulless Droid,

A spawn of Asimov\'s fancy Musings;

It\'s an Insult to my Existence led,

And to the Creator of my being.