The Future Is Coming

the future is comingwriting.com prompt

the future is upon us
as we live 
in a SF world

the question remains
will the future be bright
and filled with hope
will we overcome climate change
and repair the broken dying world

will humanity take to the stars
leaving behind our planet
as we colonize the solar system
and invent faster than light
interplanetary travel

will the future be a dark Orwellian nightmare
will fascism take over the world
starting in the United States
as democracy dies not in the dark
but in the bright light of day

as the public embraces 
fascisms applauding 
the end of our freedoms
in the vain hopes
that will save us all

will the evil AI 
take over the world
unleashing endless robot wars
screaming death to all humans?

the old song says
que sera seara 
the future is not
for us to see

but I hope and pray
that in these dark dangerous times
we can overcome

and end up with the vision 
of hope transforming the world
and not end up
with the dark Orwellian future
that I fear is our fate

Unless of course 
the AI robots 
kill us first

Copyright © | Year Posted 2020



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