Reactionary?

Reactionary, I am?

For opposing a change

That brings untold sorrow,

Challenge and pain?

 

Maybe, you reply

With a smile on your face

The world, it keeps spinning

It’s natural, I think..

 

Natural? Says I

With no smile or grin

Would you say that of any

Immoral sin?

 

Change may be natural

And I do not oppose

Change that uplifts

And speaks to the low

 

But this time, it's different 

‘Bullshit’, you say

‘Can you see the future

How it will be, one day’?

 

‘Exactly’! I cry

For I know I cannot

Ensure our future

If your change is brought

 

A future for us

For humanity at large

Is unlikely if we are

To put robots in charge

 

Relax, you say softly

They’ll serve us, that’s all

There’s no place for luddites

Or reactionary calls

 

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The future, it’s come

The change, it’s arrived

Is it natural for me

To feel nostalgic at times?

 

Nostalgic for times

When there was a place

For bonding with humans

And not robots, in space