reaching out
with words is always hard
opening up sharing that bit
that is undeniably 'you'
can be daunting
instant feedback helps
personal tidbits offer hope
that the cyber reality
indifferent internet illusions
aren't as cold and distant as it appears
and yet it seems that it is
and words offered across cyber space
only as rich and empowering
as the person reading
or deleting will make them
unless flesh is upon flesh
a meeting of the minds
made concrete in a handshake
a world a culture away
it's all conjecture
to be accepted or dismissed at will
© by Trish Shields
031404