with subtle exchange
of surrendered intent
individuals virtually converge
randomly pairing up to meet
in the general spirit of
conversation's lament
sparks of intrigued reparte' through
such medium as that of the internet
carry back and forth their messages
thousands of miles away
and in mere milliseconds they are displayed
so completely unheard of prior
to such advent in technology
all this is the new alike attracting alike
in the heights of the modern day
so hats off to the groups of Jobs, Gates,
Yang and the US government and military
for their compiled input
it's because of these ambitious individuals and
faceless entities
that friendship, companionship and or romance
are readily now at one's disposal
starting with nothing more than one tiny ping
of hello
from a tiny little square box so full of
before even unimagined yet infinite possibilities..............
(May 3, 2014 503pm)
Author's Notes/Comments:
Was chatting wiht a lovely lovely soul truly who is working in Singapore, but born and raised in India yet comes off as way more westernized than most US friends of mine and we were marveling on how wonderful it is to meet people we would otherwise have never met (our two selves most assuredly included) and become quite remarkable friends and acquaintences. This poem gradually grew from that enlightening conversation.
Please note that when I mention the US government and the military it has to do with the advent of the internet. I learned that it all started with the US government and the military as the used such systems for drones and such and air to land/object missile strikes it was later that many other contributed a great many facets and brought it all together to makethe internet world wide public assessable as it is as we know it today and have known it for nearly 20 years now.