VIRTUAL FRIEND
  
  Hey friend, hows it going?  Hope all is well.  Things are
  going, oh, I guess pretty well for me.  I'm still here,
  surviving so...Yea, things can always be worse you know.
  
  Were similar you and I.  Were "virtual friends" existing only
  on a digital plane.  More or less anyway.  All these
  characters are created from a combination of ones and zeros;
  that's digital.  Chances are we will never speak on the phone
  or see each other in person.  Kind of like a pen pal which
  you may or may not have had.  Our existence to one another
  maintains it self through the E-mail we transmit.  Most of
  which is likly deleted so in essence we each exist on a
  letter to letter basis.
  
  To me our "virtual" friendship is sort of sad.  We will
  exchange mail a few times then be on our way likly never
  bumping into each other again.  For some a more regular
  routine of exchanging E-mail will take place but it too won't
  last very long.  One of us will surly fade away.  Everything
  is temporary.
  
  I often wonder why we can't or won't be more than "virtual." 
  I do not have many good friends in real life so my virtual
  friends, like you, are important.  Those who live more in the
  "real world" have a hard time relating to this virtual
  friendship.  I guess I would too, hell, I can't relate to
  going to bars and drinking so why should I expect "them" to
  relate to my virtual friendships.  Those out there often see
  us (you and I) as nerds, losers, freeks, and/or geeks. Yea,
  those with lots of friends and what many would call "a life"
  couldn't possibly understand.
  
  Maybe you are different.  Maybe you have the best of both
  worlds--lots of "real world" and "virtual" friends.  I don't
  and I suspect many of those trapped inside this digital world
  don't either.  Is it an attraction?  Is it an escape?  I'm
  really not sure; does it matter?
  
  All can be my friend on this digital landscape. Discrimination 
  based on looks do not exist--I like that.  We discriminate too 
  much today.

  Stick around friend.  I'm here for the long haul.

  out there,
  dmw