Love of Warcraft

For 3 years I have been infatuated with

a man I have never met. At first he was

only a distant, accented voice that I

listened to fervently, following his

meticulous directions endlessly.

His articulation was all wrong, and his

vocabulary limited. I developed a niche

in being able to distinguish what he was

saying, and my guild mates would call

on me to translate for them.

We spent too much time together,

talking across 5000 miles,

him whispering beautiful words I couldn't

understand but it didn't matter because

his voice was my kryptonite.

We came from such different worlds,

knowing nothing of each other but

the voices we clung to every night.

We traded pictures, sure.

We exchanged numbers, yes.

We even made plans for me to come to

Canada and meet him. He bought the

plane tickets, arranged for my stay.

I told him I loved him the night before

my 10 hour flight would have departed.

I had my best friend drop me off at the airport,

and as I sat there with my carry-on and

read through the texts he had sent me,

my environment manifested around me.

I realized I would be meeting David,

the mysterious French-canadian man -

Not Zebzor the druid who had coached me

in my journies through World of Warcraft.

And that's when my heart seized, my

hands began to shake uncontrollably,

and the linoleum floor began to tilt towards me.

I grasped for my phone, quickly flipping it open

and dialed the familiar number while I

hyperventilated and tears sweated from my eyes.

I probably looked like a coke-addict, swaying

back and forth with my eyes glazed over.

He answered with his sultry voice,

and I almost - almost gave in.

But with all the strength I could muster, I

whispered a shaky "I'm not coming",

and clicked the phone off.

To this day, I still wonder what might have

happened if I had decided to board that plane.

Reviews

[KAREN]

You'll never know, BUT it may be for the best! Meeting someone for the first time you don't know anything about is scarey and dangerous! You expressed emotion into this poem really well!