Friends of the Pen

Saxon Crow

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

  • Author: Saxon Crow (Offline Offline)
  • Published: May 18th, 2022 00:16
  • Category: Unclassified
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  • Caring dove

    Good writing crow πŸ™‚ and in some ways I agree . We can’t always get along with everyone and even online we might think we would want to meet them .. but if we did it might upset us or yeah thjngs might not go as expected

    • Saxon Crow

      Hey VB. Just something light hearted today. But it is true. Expectation is the mother of all let downs!

      • Caring dove

        It is and can be .))

      • Goldfinch60

        So you don't want to meet me then!!! LOL.

        Andy

      • Rozina

        But we could have food and drink together can't we? After some drinks some people get along very well together!

      • Accidental Poet

        That works for me too. I'm just glad that we ARE all here. 😊

      • Thekkinkkattil

        Very nice wording Crow. Whatever you say i enjoy the company of this site though I am not a regular

      • Rocky Lagou

        Literally couldn't be more precise, hehe. I do kinda enjoy that "mystery" of only being able to communicate virtually without any actual face-to-face confrontation. I mean I would enjoy like a little gathering or something but I do get where you're coming from. Sometimes our expectations are destroyed.

      • Bella Shepard

        Intriguing write! We don't want our illusions shattered, on the other hand can't always help wondering. It is however, much easier to keep up the facade of brilliance under the cloak of anonymity. Really had fun with this one.

      • Vaughn Walker

        Well then that means you can just use your imaginative poetry mind to guess what we are all like. πŸ€”



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