love on the internet

Can you lose your heart
through the internet?
Can you fall in love
though you've never met?

Infatuation
with words on a screen
Caring for someone
that you've never seen

You gave me your stats
(thirty-one, female)
You sent me a pic,
scanned via email

You're so real to me
I swear to you this:
I can feel your *hug*
I can taste your *kiss*

My nights were lonely
until I found you
Now nighttime's something
I look forward to

Seeing your handle,
my heart skips a beat
I long for the day
when we really meet

I want to reach out
To hold you sometime
It isn't the same
when it's done on-line

So until then
we'll chat ev'ry night
and I'll fall asleep,
my keyboard held tight

In my thoughts throughout the past,
as the man I most needed.
That filled my heart with hope,
the man I wanted.
You existed.
One to watch the sunrise with,
and one to gaze at stars with.
Strong arms to fall asleep in,
whispered words to wake up to.
You existed.
To share triumps and sorrows with,
as well as to laugh and cry with.
For a new morning's kiss,
and a nightly hug.
You existed.
In my dreams throughout my lifetime,
tucked away in my heart.
The "special" one to fill the lonliness,
someone to share my life with.
You existed.
To caress my soul, and my body,
to make love to in sweet hushed tones.
To fill me with the joys of love,
and the wonders of being loved.
You existed.
Through all the years of waiting,
the quest has never ceased.
To find the one already within my heart,
my friend, my lover, my life.
You now exist.

A need to communicate,
with other lost souls.
A place in space,
faceless.
Secrets are told,
but in a veil of safety.
Across the expanse,
of the internet,

Time slips by,
with less loneliness.
Reaching out,
to one another.
Conversations,
by the ten-fold.
Sometimes more,
sometimes less.
Friends made in time,
others instantly.
Odd happenings,
permeate the waves.
A regular voice,
missed one morning.
Then sudden realization,
they are needed.
With heightened anticipation,
their arrival you wait.
Watching intently,
for the name you need.
Something inside you,
makes this one different.
Time will tell,
if the heart is right.
They appear,
from nowhere.
Like sheet lightning,
before your straining eyes.
In your "little window",
on the world.
The name seems to call you,
you can't resist.