Online Lovers Poem by Linda Racaniello

Online Lovers



I once a had friend that I met online
He was addict just like me
We spoke of common things
He made want to fly with unclipped wings

He spoke of his sobriety and how long he’d be clean
He told me I could stay clean too
I thought with his help anything was possible
My days of sobriety were far too few

I thought about cleaning up my act
Getting sober and staying clean
We spoke of love and meeting
I didn’t think our happiness was fleeting

I never imagined that it was lies
We were friends and almost lovers
Every night I turned on my computer
In hopes to speak with no one other

Everyday – I fell a little more in love
Though never ever told him so
I dreamt the first time we’d be kissing
I thought immediately of never missing

After a few months, he told me of his gf
But he said, things weren’t working out
That he thought that things were over
That more often they would scream and shout

I figured she would eventually move on
And that we would get a chance to be together
But he lied to me, about his life
She wasn’t a girlfriend, she was his wife

I stopped talking to him, he never knew
How much hurt me, how much I cared
A year later, I got an email from him
She left him, he was using and was scared

But I couldn’t forgive him for lying
I never talked to him again
But I often thought of the dreams
Of what could have been

COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Ency Bearis 23 August 2008

well told story..eye catching...and nicely versed... Ency Bearis

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Harry M.. 23 August 2008

That was a beautiful story, and you told the story well.

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