Online

Online

It was a cold day in December and I was alone when I scrolled upon your profile,

Without even realizing - your picture left me speechless and longing for more,

Gazing into the screen, I felt as if I was looking into your eyes and you were looking into mine,

Yes, I knew of the impossible romantic possibilities, but I had to try and reach out to you.

It started with me sending you an email, asking if we could talk and then waiting for a reply,

We shared moments that turned into hours and hours of an online chat, our first brief encounter,

My fingers typed many words that started my attachment to you as we exchanged emotional messages,

We became friends with one click of the mouse and everything between us was sweet and innocent,

I felt close to you in our conversations over the internet, and then I wondered if love was possible.

It started with you being just a picture on my monitor as my heart bridged the gap between us,

There were miles, so many miles of distance that kept us apart, but it couldn't change what I felt in my soul,

I don't know how many teardrops I cried upon the keyboard as I missed you when we couldn't talk,

Every day I would run to that lab just to log-in and see if see you had joined me on the computer.

It came to us that we had to meet for the first time, so I waited for you that night with anticipation,

At first, I was nervous, wondering how you could have touched my heart, without ever having met face to face?

That night was a littler colder and the snow was falling, but your voice, your smile was inviting and warm,

And from us sharing kilobytes of binary characters, our world came together when I met you online....

2/26/2018