Impressions

Impressions

 

He sat alone

Night after night.

He saw the world

Through the eyes

Of the internet.

His cyber companions

Saw only

His desire to please others

His humor and grace

His kindness toward those

Especially to those

Who could not

Express themselves

As easily as most

He championed

The underdog

No one suspected

He might be

An underdog himself

Beauteous women

Vied for his online attentions

Never seeing his face

Never judging his appearance

As his family and coworkers did

Always offering dietary tips

And exercise programs

To make them look

More like them

When his heart gave out

At the age of 38

It took six paramedics

To get him out his door

His family passed the coffin and sighed

He never lived, they thought

He never filled his home

With children and fancy clothes

He was so lonely

With only a computer

For companionship

He was not like them

Surrounded by family and friends

Barbequing with the Joneses

Remarking on who wore what

To church that week

They cried cause he was all alone

Until the day he died

But in the land of cyberspace

When word leaked out

That their friend had signed off for good

Their sadness was different

They felt the loss of their friend

Whom they knew so well

Their nightly companion

Soldier for his politics

Fighting oppression wherever he saw it

His voice boomed

For equal rights and freedom for all

He offered advice to mothers

After googling problems he never faced

Teenagers sought romance advice

As if he were the wisdom of ages

Their pain could never be cried out

His loss left a hole

Which could never be filled

That kind friend

Who always wished them

Love

At the end of every message

Each wept unashamed

For the loss of the man

Known to all

As IAmTheWalrusCooCooCachooJ

Happy Birthday Dr. Maya!