The Mechanical Man
Mechanical Man
When the heart becomes
prisoner of the brain
it leads to the rise of the
mechanical man.
Once he was alive
but that was a long time ago.
May God revive
his long lost soul.
Perhaps it was his fault,
perhaps it was fate.
I don’t know what it was,
but it was most unfortunate.
There was just one flaw
in his design.
It was the heart that
gave the bad sign.
The heart was a distraction.
In this world ruled by money
there was no place for emotion.
Happiness searched for restoration.
The heart wanted to live
not just be alive.
The brain wanted to survive
as well as thrive.
Finally, the heart was
forced to resign.
Restless wandered the mechanical man
with no place to recline.
He won at everything,
but lost in life, he died
with hope in his heart
and hands that held nothing.
© 2016 Abhimanyu Gaur
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This is sad but very relevant to our society today, Abhimanyu. A lot of people are forced to be like the mechanical man.
Yeah, you are right and that is the reason I wrote this poem.
There is becoming more greed, corruption, disruption and wars among humans in this present world. The heart is often broken to pieces by these acts, I feel more like a mechanical man my friend. I have had this old heart broken far too many times to even feel the pain any longer, thus mechanical one tends to become. Oh where is peace we cry? the Utopia we wish for is often in our minds, too many of us have been led to slaughter in this very Mechanical age. Your message was clear, thank you for sharing your thoughts.
Thank you for sharing your opinion Vincent and maybe all this will change one day or maybe the sun will go supernova and wipe us out before that. Who knows? Let us hope for the best. Maybe some hope will comfort us.
We come into this world with nothing and we leave with nothing. It is what we do with what we have in between that counts.
I agree Wayne and I have heard this numerous times from my father. Thank you for your comment.
This is really a fine piece of work Abhimanyu. When a person loses that ethereal quality that we call ‘heart’ – all that is left are the mechanical parts. Instead of a living, reasoning part, it is as you so beautifully say, just a mechanical heart in a mechanical man. Ten thumbs up. I would give you more but I only have ten!
Thanks Bill for your comment and the thumbs up.
When we can find the opportunity to feel pure emotion, love, appreciation for the beauty around us and within us, then we are still human. When it all boils down to the bottom line of profit, we lose.
Agreed, Chris.
Hi Abhimanyu,
Two words come to mind – meaningful and relevant. Nicely done and oh so true. The last line reminds me of a quote by Jesus – “For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? ” (Mark 8:36)
The quote by Jesus is true. Thank you for your comment.
It’s sad, isn’t it, that we lose our heart to our mind?
Yeah, it is sad and that is why I wrote this poem in the first place.
Hi Abhimanyu, I thought I had commented on this when you first published it. I know I read it, must have forgot the comment. It is very good, well written and very true.
Have you read in the forum thread about formatting our poems? To prepare them ready for the book we each have write a short Bio and format our own poems. The way to do this is to open a word doc, have the Bio first written in third person (title should be XXXX XXXX: Biography) then all your poems to follow in the order that is significant for you. The formatting is Calibri Light, 12 point, single spacing throughout, all titles in bold type.
We have till September 30 to format and send our word doc to Tony DeLorger, he is our Publishing
Consultant. You do not need to email to John or me, just directly to Tony at tonyd1@adam.com.au
Abhimanyu, let me know if you need any help with the formatting.
Thanks,
Phyllis
Thank you, Phyllis. I am aware of everything that is going on in the forum thread. I will get it done and sent to Tony within a week. Thank you once again for reminding me.
Great poem. What a great concept and theme. Thank you for sharing. Jamie
Thank you, Jamie.
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You are welcome. I am glad that you and your friend found this relevant. Thank you for taking the time to read and comment.
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