My Dad, the Machine

I don't know what else to call him. He raised me and has taken care of me since I was 2 years old. Roberto is one of the last of his kind. He thought that if he adopted a human child, and raised it as his own, then maybe it would grow up respecting his fellow machine and maybe even mating with one some day. He was wrong. I do NOT have a relationship with my father. In fact, calling him "dad" or "father" is the highest sign of respect I shall ever show to that thing. He may have fed me, clothed me, took me to the doctor when I was sick. But the fact of the matter is that he has deprived me of the one thing I have always wanted. LOVE. Robots are incapable of love. It really isn't their fault. They are heaps of metal piled together created by human hands. God's creatures are capable of love, and that does not include metal. I know I shouldn't hate him for this, but I do. I can't help it. I'm irrational. I'm selfish. I need compassion. I need understanding. I'm HUMAN. Therefore, I need human parents. All I know about my biological mother and father was that they had me when they were 16 and as soon as I popped out of my mother's womb, I was in the care of the state. Up until my 2nd birthday, I lived with a bunch of nuns. I don't remember much of my life before I was 2, but I have one memory of a nun smiling down at me in my crib and singing to me. I assume now that she was singing about Jesus watching over me or something, but at the time it was just soothing noise. At least I felt love from an adult at one point in my life. All my dad ever says is..."bee bop food" (sets food in front of me) "bee bop sleep" (points to my room) "bee bop school" (hands me my backpack). How much can a boy take?! Everyone says that teenagers go through a stage where they stop showing emotion towards their parents and are repulsed by hugs and kisses. I never went through the hugs and kisses stage, so all I crave is love. I guess I'm not very good at being a teenager.

This is for whoever gave me the prompt "write about a boy who is raised by a robot". I hope you enjoyed it.