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tim's Bits and Pieces - 82. Real Friends

We sometimes forget there are real people writing words online. Words can heal or hurt. People can be cruel. It's easy to turn off others you've decided are not real or worthy.

Real Friends

 

Friends come and go

Like mists at dawn

Burned away by the heat of the sun

 

It’s too much not to really know them

If I cannot see you

You are not real

 

Yet, I am writing this and I know

It is enough for my soul

To simply know of yours

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Thanks for reading and for your comments and thoughts.
Copyright © 2018 Mikiesboy; All Rights Reserved.
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9 hours ago, dughlas said:

I hear you little brother. I've oft said it's too easy to pretend that others aren't real people when separated by the ether or when we are wrapped inside a vehicle on the highway.

Thank you for your words.

hi dugh, thanks for reading. i hope you and mom are doing okay. xo

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8 hours ago, Lux Apollo said:

This was really touching. Thanks so much for sharing it.

Thank you, Lux. hope all is good with you.

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8 hours ago, Mikiesboy said:

hi dugh, thanks for reading. i hope you and mom are doing okay. xo

We are, thanks. Mum sends her love.

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10 hours ago, Mikiesboy said:

thank you for reading, chris.  i hope you and your man are okay. xo

We're both fine. Thanks for asking tim, hope you and Mike are okay x

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You may not have a physical form here, but with a few words you are seen by so many. As always, beautifully done.

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"Real" is an interesting concept now-a-days.

We experience the world through physical means, but more and more through electronic mediums. Does that make our relationships or friendships here less? We allow these electronic friends power over us by emotionally connecting with them. We let them in. We invest in one another's lives and spend emotional currency on them.

You've hit upon a truth, I think. Friends we make here are people we have entrusted with a part of our hearts.

Great poem, friend.

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On 1/15/2022 at 9:39 PM, Wayne Gray said:

"Real" is an interesting concept now-a-days.

 

On 1/15/2022 at 9:29 PM, WolfM said:

You may not have a physical form here, but with a few words you are seen by so many.

 

On 1/15/2022 at 7:12 PM, MichaelS36 said:

Wonderful. The internet is both good and evil.

i apologize for the lateness of this reply.  Thank you for reading and your comments.  This was a hard time for me, down some rabbit hole or another. Thank you for your patience. xoxoxo

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It seems to me that e-Friends who share themselves through poetry are more "real" than 3D-Friends who share only their physical presence.  Thanks for sharing so much of yourself. 

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2 hours ago, Backwoods Boy said:

It seems to me that e-Friends who share themselves through poetry are more "real" than 3D-Friends who share only their physical presence.  Thanks for sharing so much of yourself. 

i agree, poetry exposes your soul ... that's what i want to know. What someone looks like or doesn't shouldn't matter here or in real life.  Here i only want to share my work, and in that way, myself.

thank you for your wonderful comments, BB   I'm glad you've decided to try poetry yourself xo

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