It has been weeks now
It started with face book
It started with poking
He poked me frequently and I returned the favour
It dawned on me that we were not friends
But I liked the look of him anyway
A few messages were exchanged
Checking the minimal info on his profile revealed his email address
A tentative email to my poking buddy
Followed by an exchange of emails amounting to dozens
Every day
My face he had not seen
My legs he adored
He enjoyed the mystery
As day by day we learnt
More about each other
The poking continued day in day out
Slowly this man was getting under my skin
I tell myself that this is not real
It isn’t like we are even in the same part of the country
Yet I know that the miles between us need not be a barrier
He liked my smile when eventually a photo he saw
Now I have not heard from him for 48 hrs
I miss his words, his cheek and his smile
As each hour passes without his name in my inbox
A sadness descends over me
How could someone I have never met crept into my heart
He has gone AWOL and I don’t know if this is good or bad
