The following poem is an example of how quickly one can become close with someone on-line. One very early morning, I was working on my Web page, and had my ICQ program running (it lets you reach any of your friends who are on-line anywhere in the world) And I received a message to chat with a freind, the poem below was a result of that chat, which I wrote with her 'listening'.

The part in parentheses(below) is her 'speaking' to me, she said she was not a poet and that an old teacher she had in school, turned her off to writing poetry.  Yet, if you look closely at what she said...the soul-fullness comes through, very clearly and intensely.  I have, in some minor cases, deleted some superfluous wording. But when you look between the lines or the words you can see the poet.  The soul will not be denied it's expression in our lives.
 
 

"Birth of a New Soul"

Incurable    I know someone....special She...is incurable...with love and knows all of us the love is not spatial the time..is not a must   Travel, she will, all over the land looking and embracing...who you are being with you.... you feel like a big brass band near or far with or without you   Broken heart is her middle name and yet...the strongest woman you will not meet anyone, the same I may be a man Yet..she is THE woman! She will capture your being Like you have never known Is like seeing the hill rise, green grass looking up, it's grown What is the past She met her love that IS forever at last! He was very ill not at ease and with him...DIS-ease no cure, no pill,  he ran out of will   ("I have been numb") ("these last few days") feeling like I may succumb ("it's hitting hard") ("I have his card") ("right in front of me") ("I dried the roses") ("he gave me")   never...never.. will the love end never will the pain send never will the rain stop upon the shadow a drop of this part of her Yet you would follow her, anywhere She cares like none other   He has now gone away Yet...she is here to stay In virtual and in real the love she feels is true In a message...in a talk ("I refuse to delete him from ICQ") Could be a letter, don't try and steel it from her,  take a walk The gift that she has Will not ever pass Even if the love of her life has. Written by Gary H...May 14/1997

Epilog: Her name is Leslie goes by the on-line name of "_All_Pink_Lace_&_Love_&_Joy_" the following is a direct quote of her, from our chat session. " ...i have had so many thoughts of wantin to be with him......to see him not in pain...to touch him again......he was coming back next week......he was gonna buy me a puppy and i was gonna name it after him..."

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