By Hedvig
Date: 2001 Dec 11
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[[2001.12.11.12.07.16462]]

The Internet Search For Love

He's answered your ad
you so carefully placed
on the internet personals
as you trimmed it with lace

You start out with e-mails
that you bounce back and forth
for days upon end
a bottomless source

progressing  to chatting
directly on-line
share smiley faces
for hours of time

In front of the computer
He's perched on his chair
eating your thoughts
as you're both well aware

You're belting out words
the works of your mind
that come from your heart
as you type every line

He's forming an opinion
of what you look like
you're lost in the visions
of each letter he strikes

You're both falling deeply
into the screen's glare
the glow of enchantment's
hypnotical stare

You've begun to imagine
the feel of his kiss
the touch of his hand
the moments of bliss

You advance to the phone
with your voices to share
trading statistics
such as color of hair

Fed now with sound
mental images are formed
draped by the words
as you're hearts become warmed

A date soon is set
so that you both can meet
you pound with excitement
of the time you first greet

The tension is mounting
anticipation's rising
your expectations are
continually apprising

Suspense holds you prisoner
till your eyes finally touch
doomed for disaster
you've expected too much

Even if photos
had been previously exchanged
it's only flat paper
it's just not the same

How sad that the mind
paints a picture more grand
and reality sketches
a portrait more bland

Disappointment ensues
when you finally see
they weren't quite what
you thought they would be

You politely agree
to continue the date
both of you concur
you can't stay out too late

And so goes the pattern
of the highs and the lows
of internet dating
as everyone knows

All of these letdowns
you miraculously survive
till the love of your life
finally arrives

When you've all but exhausted
the internet ads
and all of the blunders
and disappointments you've had

Then suddenly in the wake
of the waves of your tears
the love you have dreamed of
suddenly appears

You're internet lover
shared the words of your soul
the searching is over
your half is now whole.

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