Transcend

my life is not

for your satisfaction

I’m not a gear

to manufacture

faster, faster

buy this, buy that

the science of my genes

doesn’t make me a machine

mass produce perfection

even machines don’t have that attraction!

arms, legs, moving parts

stop the brain, kill the heart

I strive for separation

from this incarceration

a being is what I am!

light and energy, not a program

my way can’t be defined

it transcends space and time

Robin Coe is a journalist and author. She wrote the fantasy novel "Fly on the Wall" and graphic novel "Illustrated Book of Wrath".