We shared no friends
We had a thing
Long distance, words and images
We whispered in our messages.

Then she proposed
Out of the blue
It never had been serious
At least, it seems, for one of us.

I stayed online
To manage things
She found strength in bitterness
We remained friends, nonetheless.

Not quite the same
But still we spoke.
I can't believe it's been five years
We always Poke when one appears.

The other week
Response delayed
I pouted, and I mildly stomped
She always was so very prompt.

Her sister wrote
Upon her wall
That she'd been taken gravely ill
And had been rushed to hospital.

No-one replied
To me for days
But then a stranger broke the news
And all emotions were confused.

We never met,
Would never do,
Now miles away, real people grieve
And bid with love their darling leave.

She touched me,
I'll remember her.
No greater tribute can I say;
We log out and we walk away.

Thanks, o reliable sirens of dating poetry. :)

Noooooo.
Thank YOU :-)

This actually happened, btw, and this is the only forum I feel happy/appropriate discussing it.

Soufiehere, your kind words give me the warmest of fuzzy feelings. And wood.

Was thinking about her the other day, actually forgot I wrote this but glad I did.

We honor them, the way we wish
to be honored.
Glad you did, too :-)

do you regret never meeting?

I think I would

if you really were that close I mean

hey u

Enjoyed!

I don't, which probably sounds bad. But the closeness wasn't really real; it was something we'd constructed in the place of closeness, if that makes any sense at all.

Thanks for all the positive comments, folks.

Emotions mixed
A bag of tricks
Left to ponder
What is real

Nights in White Satin

http://youtu.be/7rkgm1yGgbM

Touching....many emontions within...bless are we for the ones that touch our heart even if we never met them...