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it was made to be deleted
she's not real
this lady on my phone screen
at a beach
smiling and gesturing to someone just out of frame
all magenta and azure in the distance
more a part of the internet
than an actual person messaging me 'good morning'
she doesn't know it
but she doesnt want me
i'm a listless remainder
feeling an inability to connect
she doesn't know
that i never planned to meet anyone here
or that the one profile i'd hope to catch a ghost glimpse of
simply
doesn't exist
this lady on my phone screen
at a beach
smiling and gesturing to someone just out of frame
all magenta and azure in the distance
more a part of the internet
than an actual person messaging me 'good morning'
she doesn't know it
but she doesnt want me
i'm a listless remainder
feeling an inability to connect
she doesn't know
that i never planned to meet anyone here
or that the one profile i'd hope to catch a ghost glimpse of
simply
doesn't exist
Published 7th Mar 2023
| Edited 25th Jan 2025
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7th Mar 2023 7:34pm
I feel such resonating kinship. You write the weight of your deep truth in succinct deep cutting pen strokes. I not only appreciate that candor but find it elegantly engaging as well as personally relatable when I can identify with moments of my own dating struggles...
You're definitely not alone.
Thanks for sharing yourself, Bryan
Keep at it, I love your style.
🌹💙
B
You're definitely not alone.
Thanks for sharing yourself, Bryan
Keep at it, I love your style.
🌹💙
B
9th Mar 2023 00:17am
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7th Mar 2023 7:40pm
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9th Mar 2023 00:18am
13th Mar 2023 5:12pm
This is really relatable personally. I think about how much we project an unfulfilled need or desire onto someone online. There's someone I have a mutual interest in, but our lives are apart and its important to be realistic.
Its hard on the heart strings when it's out of your hands like that. Dating is dumb. Cheers
13th Mar 2023 7:34pm
OMG, new people are so hard because the ghosts of the people whose profiles you look for.... they fucking linger, don't they? Even long gone, even for the best, they linger as apathetic air.
Beer up for this, man.
Beer up for this, man.
14th Mar 2023 1:02am
14th Mar 2023 2:00am
hello dearest Bryan this is very desolate
my heart goes out to the one who likes you
I feel you utter disconnection here I feel for you too...
my heart goes out to the one who likes you
I feel you utter disconnection here I feel for you too...
2nd Aug 2024 2:50pm
I really liked your poem, my friend. That ending is downright brutal. A bitter cherry on top of the cake. Well done.
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