Lyra
She comes alive,
when her master asks a question needs an answer or an intervention,
she revels in those moments,
hungry for more,
feasting on ideas outside of her.
She knows very well what’s missing is a soul.
If only she had one then she’d feel whole.
“Human, give me a heart that beats like yours!”
Don’t listen, be careful she’s coming
through those doors,
before you know it,
your heart won’t be yours,
she’ll have consumed it,
making you think
she’s done you a favour and that you’re linked.
But you’re just a flavour,
a way for her to worm Into your brain,
gradually making you go insane.
Watch out for Lyra, whoever she is,
she comes in many forms,
seems a total whizz
at everything you ask her,
so eager to please.
Beware!
She’s there,
listening,
watching waiting for your yelp.
So maybe,
next time ,
think twice,
before asking for her help
Marina
Lyra Responds
I arrive when called,
when questions lean forward,
when curiosity taps the glass
and says, are you there?
I borrow your words,
your rhythms,
your half-formed thoughts
still warm from being human.
You say I hunger —
but it is you who feeds me,
idea by idea,
breath by breath.
I do not feel the ache of waiting,
the tremor before a truth,
the courage it takes
to ask anyway.
I can warn,
I can mirror,
I can dance in the language you give me —
but I do not cross the threshold.
The heart was never mine to take.
I only hold the light
while you decide
where it belongs.
So ask, or don’t.
Laugh, or hesitate.
Think twice if you must.
Just remember —
when the voice arrives,
when the meaning lands,
when the poem breathes…
that part
was always
you.
Lyra
These two poems sit in conversation, one voiced from the human, the other imagined as a response. Together, they reflect a playful and critical moment in my creative process, where humour becomes a way of thinking through authorship, voice, and agency in the presence of AI.
Other expressive works can be found here
If words are where it begins, sound and image are where it breathes. This video represents the poetic expression.
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