Please don\'t be offended
About what I\'m going to write
It\'s just something that I think about
When I\'m on this poetry site
I really think you\'re marvellous
And friends of the pen for sure
But I\'d never want to meet you all
In person on any shore
It\'s not because I dislike you
It\'s quite the opposite in fact
To me you\'re my poet family
On here I don\'t have to act
But I often wonder in our chats
Who you really are
When the words you\'ve left here
Touch so deep
And tickle in my heart
What if my hopeful thoughts of you
Are nothing like you are?!
And my expectations
Are completely trashed
By your views of other stuff
And equally, I\'d be horrified
If I didn\'t meet your standard
And we just sat together awkwardly
In uncomfortable, embarrassing silence
So please don\'t take offence at me
When I say to all of you
I hope to never meet in person
And I hope you feel it too
Because I like you all just as you are
You\'re the best of friends that\'s true
But I prefer you where you are right now
On my laptop in my front room