Why The Lonely Have Forgotten (How)To Weep

By

Little Warrior

There used to be a time when people had—

C o n v e r s a t i o n s.

(face 2 face)

There used to be a time when men and women

En-gaged with each other.

(in public places)

(shhh…tell no one...)

where men would notice women

and make chivalrous gestures.

There used to be a time when women would

En-gage with men

(and let them

do-nice-things-for-them)

There used to be a time when

Men did nice-things for women…

(just-because)

there used to be perfumed,

Handwritten notes to Certain Some-One Special’s and

an-tic-i-pa-ted responses…

There used to be Fallen Hankies

And carefully returned

Leather Gloves!

It was not so long ago when we expressed these Used-To-Be gestures of

Love

Of

Kindness

Of

De-cen-cy.

Now we hide behind technology—our cellular Veils to Reality.

We hide behind digital affection

So we do not need to

F e e l—R.E.A.L.

So easy is this life of technological and cyber sterility.

No real disappointment.

(or a disappointment that others can see?)

no real

affection.

No real

Love

No real

L i f e.

What is this

New “thing” we are now “feeling”?

(or not?)

It is most clearly

That which is not—Life .

It is but of course(!) that which is not—A l i v e….