in everything we say-

in everything we do-

we declare who we are

and who we choose to be

based on our decisions-

our inherent soul rights

to live with dignity-

equality- respect-

a species evolving

both human and divine-

or lives devoid of love

and peace and joy and caring-

robot lives ruled by robots-

what others want us to be-

when we think we have no choice-

mere pawns of our destiny-

our fate- our luck- our will

denied power to be free-

our lives lived slavishly

for what others want us to be

(December 10, 2020-

Shelley Wilson)