I Am A Human, Not A Machine

I am a human, not a machine.

I cannot be fully systemised -

reduced to outputs, efficiencies,

or endless productivity 

My life does not belong 

to faceless corporations, 

to dashboards and data streams 

that are always trying to measure my life.

My worth does not live in metrics,

or in the number in my bank account,

or the value of my house and investments.

It lives in my feelings,

in my relationships,  

in my capacity to care - 

to stand for what matters 

in community, in presence

in the living threads of life.

So when the world floods us 

with AI slop

And automated answers

May we remember

Our values cannot be manufactured 

our humanity cannot be replicated.

We were never meant

to function like machines 

And the texture of being human 

is not a system to be managed, 

a goal to be achieved, 

or a persona to be constructed-

but a life to be felt

and a commitment

to what is good and true

in our hearts.

By Tanya Cameron