Friendships dying
Friendships
online are often fleeting,
Made
and lost without even once meeting.
How
many friends from online have I lost?
I
haven't kept count nor figured the cost.
Some
depart, spouting bluster and rage,
Others
as quietly as the turn of a page.
Many
return though I couldn't say when,
While
the rest are never heard from again.
For
the loss of some, the fault is my own,
An
unkind word spoken and I'm left alone.
Some
friends turn away for no reason at all.
I'm
puzzled and hurt when they shun my call.
Scores
of friends are forever lost to me
Since
the systems we called ceased to be.
And
more than once, I've had friends die.
I
can't forget them; I don't even try.
So
take a moment during your time online
And
be aware, though there's no outward sign.
That
sound you hear, that solitary crying,
Might
well be the sound of friendships dying.
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