What is the machine?

In a forgotten corner of this world..
where silence stares at you more than eyes ever could,the human stands before the machine.
The very thing we created to serve our needs,now lingers at the edges of our humanity,observing our fragility with a cold, metallic gaze.
Let me ask you this..Is it just circuits and buttons?
Or is it a mirror reflecting the hidden corners of our desire, our thirst for control, our escape from emotion,
our quiet fear of pain?
The machine does not breathe,
but it executes.
It does not feel,
but it watches.
It does not love,
yet it governs those who do.
We often forget that the machine was made by a human hand.
Yet every time we chase progress
without holding on to our soul,
we become a little more like it,faceless, cold, and void of questions.
I do not fear the machine.
I only fear the human
when he forgets his heart,
and lives like it:
without warmth,
without wonder,
without the question.
Because the question...
is what makes us human.
The one that begins with "Why?"
Why do we love? Why do we fear? Why do we dream?
And… why did we create the machine?
Maybe because we didn’t want to be alone…
Or maybe,
just maybe..
to prove we’re still here.
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