Cyberlife

by JS - Pisces

Pornographic pretense
endless cyber view
can't stay online 5 minutes
they'll shove it right at you

all of it so phony
all of it so fake
old men pretending to be young
young women on the make

no real release in words
nor imagery is there
nor love and not affection
just cold keyboard to the touch

no honey i'm home and 
i love you so much
cursed to endure this coldness
by my folly filled existence

decisions that I made then
seem so foolish in hindsight
cannot do it over
dress rehearsal's done, 
can't lie down in clover,
without the warming sun.

everybody cyber
surfing sex and chat
no one left is outside yet
just taking an old walk

yes, the streets are empty,
neighbors shut inside
no talking to one another
it's the very silence that does cry

no one's holding hands
like the Beatles they did sing
in that time of long ago
when we hadn't much of anything.

Birth sign: Pisces
Date created: 2002-01-11 13:14:38
Last updated: 2021-03-03 14:45:33
Poem ID: 66649

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