Happy Dating

A pen, a pencil
Lose paper or a notebook
Ball point or written in Ink
Letters pouring emotions
Written with feelings
Those were the days
When grandpa wrote to grandma
His war stories
Sitting under the smoky clouds

Beautiful writing
Perfect grammar
Sentences made sense
Self spell check
With learn by heart dictionary words
Vocabulary well polished
Showing respect in love
In the letter of love written
Those were the days
When grandma replied to grandpa
Her war stories
Sitting on the porch waiting

Now are the days…
We sit on the screen
Without a glance into the eyes
Type away our vocabulary
With auto spell check functionality
No sentences completed
Encoded in today’s lingo
With words abbreviated
For the other to decode
The message hidden behind

Such are the days
Instant gratification required
No patience expressed
Technology brings closer
Without a computer hooked up to internet
Can’t win someone’s heart
So let’s fish for some other soul mate
Letter sent in jiffy
Emails bombarded
Written feelings in abbreviations
For emotions to be decoded

Those were the days…
When grandpa met
His only soul mate
For grandma felt the same
Smiling shy words
Uttered in confusion
Simple rules to date
With no agencies giving out list
Of potential soul mates

Such were the days
Simplicity was at its best
No gimmicks
No lying falsified smiles
Trying to be someone they are not
For the most important
Rule to date
Was to be your true self
A lady or a gentleman in flesh
Leading the end of night
With a gentle smiling kiss

Now are the times
Get registered online
Pay to check the potential mate
With thorough profile check
And a criminal background statement
Attached to medical report
Agencies swear by their dedication
To finding the right match
That is just perfect
If you follow their few pages long instructions

Such are the times
A book of rules and regulations
To be a perfect date
With strict Dos and don’ts
If you can’t learn
You are doomed
Just do as it lays down
And watch your perfect day
To end with the match in your pocket
Or better yet under your sheets
Oh yeah, don’t ever be your true self
If you are really serious to finding your mate
For soul mate is not promised
If it lasts through an year or two
You might just be the winner
But remember agencies are here to serve you
Come back soon
And they guarantee a match within 6 months
If not found, next 6 months are free on us…
A well written and received message on the TV

Happy Dating
Happy expressing your feelings…