Internet Love
I can see, but not yet touch,
I can wish, but not for too much,
I can dream, pray it come true,
I can live, but not without you...
© Jim T. Henriksen
August 9th, 2005
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I guess the title explains it all...
Written August 9th, 2005
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A few words can say so much. It's wondeful to have a dream.
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Thanks, Lily!
This dream came through, thankfully! Thanks for the comment!
Jim
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Hi, poet1987. Thanks for your nice comment, and your heartwarming applause. You have grasped the essence of my poem brilliantly.
Jim
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I like the way the poem reaches out to a wide range of people. How it shows the way people wish when meeting someone on the online hoping they are the same person in person, but not really getting there hopes up to much afraid of "heartbreak' I will say.
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Hi, Diana! Thanks for your wonderful comment, and your heartwarming applause!
Jim
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Hi, yakirati! I am so glad you liked this poem, and that you chose it to be analyzed in your "Internet Love Revisited". Thank you for your wonderful comment! Jim
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I know what it's like
I can relate to this sooooooooooooo much. Thank you for sharing.
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i really enjoyed this as i myself have an "internet love", and before it happened to me i too would have thought it impossible to have such strong emotions without ever having physically met the person, i like how this poem says it, and how to wish, but not too much, that IS the reality of it, then pray like hell our dreams come true, smiles, well done !!!
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True love comes in all shapes and forms, Deborah. Sometimes it comes under camuflage aswell.
Thanks for the great comment, and the applause! Jim
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Ok, so I have to comment. I met a man on the internet back when I was in my first four years of college. He was in Spain, and I was in the US. The choir from my college traveled to Spain, and one of my friends took a picture with him. I thought it was true love. Only thing was, I wasn't the only one he was chatting with online. When he did come to the US, he chose door #2, which wasn't me, and I never saw him again. All for the best, of course, because now I have my Hungarian hottie. I didn't meet him online. He just happened to be in the right place at the right time. Only goes to show you that each of us can find our loves in any place. And the lucky ones find love that lasts!
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Thank you for commenting, Janice! I appreciate your kudos.
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WELL DONE
Great Poem. I wrote one called 'perfect love' which has the same theme. This was short sweet and powerful Well Done
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Thanks for the comment and the applause, nellie. I'm glad you like it. Do you have any experience with internet romances yourself?
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This was an awesome Poem! I really enjoyed it. Not only was it very percise, but it had a sense of reality (if you know what i mean)to it. It ignited a sense of excitement, because of how true it is for many people.
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Thanks, Life in Death. Internet love is a risky affair, but for the jackpot you may win, it's worth gambling on. But like with any casino game, most lose. I won.
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Love is perching at your window
This is very touching. I had internet love once... it wasn't deep though. After a week, I figured we were better off as friends. -
Thanks for the comment, DawnBaby. I've already met the one I wrote about here, and we married. I had my doubts at a time, but was pleasantly surprised when I met her in real life...
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Great Job
Be careful, Internet love isn't all what it is cracked up to be! You NEVER know who YOU are really dealing with, pictures or no pictures! It could be a hairy guy from hell, or a fat woman who cannot leave her bed! Great poem, been there, done that
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Thanks, QueenT. I did find what I was looking for, and I married her.
Jim
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wow this was beautiful I hope oneday you find what you're looking for with this person. Thanks for the comment on my poem it means alot to me. As for being a fly on a wall it would be fun I must admit. QueenT
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Thank you for the comment, suzeecue.
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What a very sweet poem. Its great how so few words can convey such deep feelings and emotions. Great Write
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Thanks, sunny. Yes, Internet love is spreading more and more, and it seems to be more successful than ordinary romances, because when you meet someone on a chatroom, you can throw away your mask you use in real life - or put on another, depending.
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Thanks, buffy! I'm like the onion - I got layers - and each one will make you cry...
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Bravo!!!
Great write, short and concise. It can happen, I know some people that have met this way and are now living life happily married to one another. Even more so than others that are now divorcing after meeting and falling in love through other channels such as chance meetings, meeting through frieds, etc...Keep writing and I wish you many happy years together with your wife. I added you to my favorites after reading your author's page. Look forward to reading more of your work.
Joyce
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Thoughtful!
Soulful!You are adeep person and very private too,how long does it take to discover the real you.There is something hauntingly sad about this poem as if you have summed up a life of waiting and hoping into a single moment. -
Thanks, Tink. People ask me how I met my wife, and I say "guess" - they never do. When I tell them I met her on the net, everyone is surprised one way or another - either they can't believe it, or they answer in the lines of you and SouthernBelle09.
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Hi Belle... I guess you would've had to have an internet love to understand this poem properly. Thanks for the roses!
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Hi again, Aandolin. Thanks for the critique. Not every poem has to paint pictures in your mind to be good, you know. And yes, my style is short and sweet...
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How sweet your story is awwwwww Im plsd it all worked out for you...def something everybody should try once in there life, internet relationships are fun LOL Tink x
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wonderful
hey,omg this is really good,in a short form.yeah i have an internet love too , OMG lol i just read the message you wrote to tinkerbell....aww that is soooo sweet.lol but anyway.great write i really really liked this. xXLauraXx
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i think this is a pretty good poem, this time i did like the word choice and the flow, but not the imagrey not enough of that i didint think, but i really do like this, your style i have noticed is very short poetry, with powerful messages, i like it, great job, aandolin
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Thanks, Tinkerbell! Yeah, internet love can be strange, or as you say 'bizarre'. True love can come out of this type of romance; this is how I met my wife...
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Very short but I understood the words... I had an internet love and how bizarre they are !!! You really captured the emotions of an 'internet love' and how it works, in so few words too. Really great write and I can relate to it very well Tink x
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