Scarlet's Poetry Den - CyberSeries - Objects of Affection

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"CyberSeries"

Objects of Affection

with hexadecimals and strings of code
dancing round in my head
my thoughts often drift to you instead

coffee pots and java beans
real life and computer screens
a struggle to understand what it all really means

I touch my computer like a lover
intimate with its every nuance, I rediscover
my soul in the poems I craft, one after another

I have learned the computer code for my art,
realized the art of coding is also part
of the complexities of my heart

I know I often confuse emotions
with Boolean statements and equations
If, Then, Else, Or - and other conditions

I have tried to program unconditionally
tried to love the same way, passionately
both seem to go round and round infinitely

in great erratic careening swoops
controlled by demons, wizards, sniffers, snoops
fatal errors, divide by zero loops

so many secrets, signs and hidden codes
rules, switches, contacts, power surges and reloads
take us daily down very divergent roads

I launch into deep thought and cyberspace
you go to a very different time and place
such very diverse worlds we both face

nonetheless, we always manage to find each other
my work aside, again, you become my lover
I return to being your wife, and our children's mother

with my beloved computer out of view
I rediscover the wonder of us and renew
my joys being with the great, unprogrammable you

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