THE INTERNET - A blessing or a Curse
They met on the internet
Perhaps harmless
Perhaps not
But what’s the distinction
It altered my life
All the same
Unknown faces
Unknown lives
In search of a liaison
Behind everyone’s eyes
They began talking
Sharing intimate details
Information and frustrations
That was intended
To be shared and explored
In their day by day lives
Taken and stolen
Given to another
As a replacement for
Me his wife
Who is this other women?
A thief in my life
Did she even pause to explore
What she was doing
Pilfering from another’s life
Did she even ask?
Have you explored this
With your wife
Or have any idea
The moments
The joys, the sorrows
Of 37 years
Hanging in
And believing
That in our twilight years
There would be time
To be together
Travel, discover more
Children living their own lives
Being grandma and grandpa together
A grandchild’s delight
If not for the internet
So much more
I would have not known
The other affairs
In and out of the years
The other women
And a few men
Answers so many questions
His lack of commitment
And when disheartened
His adamant NO
I won’t deal with
In counseling with you
This our marriage
Don’t want to
Make it healthier together
For me
And for you
So I accept
I have to admit
If not for the internet
My marriage would have
Continued to live on
An illusion
A lie
Only existing in my head
So as I walked the beach
Alone last night
Watching the couples
Grieving the you and me
I knew in my spirit
As I sat at that table
Sipping slowly a drink
Listening to music
That took me back to our first years
The smell of the salt air
The wind on my face
The waves rolling in and out
And with them my tears
Remembering Wollaston Beach
Also the fishing pier
We smelled the same salt air
So with you or without you
The gift is still there
The gift of life
The wind on my face
The waves rolling in and out
A different place
But ever the same
So the you and me have changed
But not the beauty of life
So what is the answer?
Is the internet
A blessing or a curse
Does it help to reveal
The truth
Through the illusion or the lie
Or does it short circuit
The journey
The process
Of keeping a love alive.
04/04/09
Perhaps harmless
Perhaps not
But what’s the distinction
It altered my life
All the same
Unknown faces
Unknown lives
In search of a liaison
Behind everyone’s eyes
They began talking
Sharing intimate details
Information and frustrations
That was intended
To be shared and explored
In their day by day lives
Taken and stolen
Given to another
As a replacement for
Me his wife
Who is this other women?
A thief in my life
Did she even pause to explore
What she was doing
Pilfering from another’s life
Did she even ask?
Have you explored this
With your wife
Or have any idea
The moments
The joys, the sorrows
Of 37 years
Hanging in
And believing
That in our twilight years
There would be time
To be together
Travel, discover more
Children living their own lives
Being grandma and grandpa together
A grandchild’s delight
If not for the internet
So much more
I would have not known
The other affairs
In and out of the years
The other women
And a few men
Answers so many questions
His lack of commitment
And when disheartened
His adamant NO
I won’t deal with
In counseling with you
This our marriage
Don’t want to
Make it healthier together
For me
And for you
So I accept
I have to admit
If not for the internet
My marriage would have
Continued to live on
An illusion
A lie
Only existing in my head
So as I walked the beach
Alone last night
Watching the couples
Grieving the you and me
I knew in my spirit
As I sat at that table
Sipping slowly a drink
Listening to music
That took me back to our first years
The smell of the salt air
The wind on my face
The waves rolling in and out
And with them my tears
Remembering Wollaston Beach
Also the fishing pier
We smelled the same salt air
So with you or without you
The gift is still there
The gift of life
The wind on my face
The waves rolling in and out
A different place
But ever the same
So the you and me have changed
But not the beauty of life
So what is the answer?
Is the internet
A blessing or a curse
Does it help to reveal
The truth
Through the illusion or the lie
Or does it short circuit
The journey
The process
Of keeping a love alive.
04/04/09
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