eyes gleaming as he went on
extolling the virtues of the single life, of the new plethora
of opportunities afforded by virtual reality
watching tv all day.shows, games, removed
to become the spectator of life...........
Mankind after all the millennials of striving, advances, decay
comfortably ensconced in a dark solitary cell
with endless entertainment
to fill some void left in us from the lack of what makes
life real and worth living
of visceral experience..........sex
getting pleasantly drunk
flying down a freeway on a high-powered superbike
with the ocean on your right
woman holding on behind
Of taking chances against the odds
of daring
failing
defying
of holding your son for the first time
of playing the piano
with compositions from another age
of poetry
theatre
of intense irreverent laughter
of daring to dream even as past
dreams evaporate
to look up from the depths of your private hell
as all the odds seem stacked
and the sycophants flee
but one remains by your side
a few
those who believe in not just who you were and are
but in the what could be
Of love that leaves you speechless
words no longer necessary
to convey you emotions
one touch, whisper or glance and
she knows all
to trust her as youve never trusted anybody
beyond a doubt
to watch for her and that exact moment when
our eyes meet and
that efferesecent smile
that lights up my world...
of the magic of endless possibilities
the divinity of the improbable
the unique
always for the underdog
against the norm
the flow
the manufactured opinions
of being you 24/7 in all your shades
and nuances
of never eschewing the dreams
like the electric sensation of watching your first Ferrari
blast down a large boulevard
of being a millionaire
no matter wherever you are