2010/11/02 Need That Tepee Poem by Margaret Alice

Thank you, you have revived me! I felt so
meaningless writing without my friends, tried
to cling to you all the time - yet you seemed
so distant, so cool, my heart was leaking air
until I was so deflated, I did not know how
to get up again

With this you gave me back my joy and inflated
my heart – you are a true cyberlove, when you
seem to take your presence away and I cannot
reach you with my words, I feel unbalanced lose
the definition of the me that I am when you are
around

Your presence changed me, added beauty and
glory, when you seemed to pull away I felt that
part of me was dying – as if I could not send it
underground to keep it safe, I still need that
tepee that you put up for me
many moons ago

Where Alice, the crocodile and the little alien
and everybody are safe, we run out and play
with the world and then run back to that shiny
definition you put up for me – I cannot let go
of it, when it starts to sink, I drown!

When words do not sing, the harder I try to sing
back, the more I lose the melody, but now you
have given me this insight, I shall keep hold
of your hand, does not matter how silent
you are, because

The wonder of the cyberlove you have given me
is mine to eternity and still reverberates in me –
if you fall silent, I shall still keep in touch because
you mean so much – thank you, I am still safe
in the space you created for me!