Online Friends

People who aren't online, or who don't meet people online don't understand the relationship that can be built by 2 complete & total strangers. We may never meet face to face, but that makes our friendship no less important then the person i have known 10 years.

When you 1st "meet" both of you are prolly a bit guarded, as ya are complete strangers!! But there is something about this interface that makes ya open up to each other, explore deeper the person & not just the body, face, external pieces. The person you get to meet may not even be known to the outside world. The person everyone else knows may be this rich, secure, person who seems to have it all together. You meet the true person, the little insecure person that couldnt find their nose on their face!!

You chat, you talk, you cry, you laugh. Sometimes you even get to "meet" their children & grandchildren. Sometimes they are the best friend you have in this whole world. People who have never experienced this, just dont get it.

I have quite a few online friends, who I would do anything for!! One of them, Anne, just left this world to continue on to the summerland. She had had surgery, minor surgery from my understanding, a few weeks ago. I sent her a funny joke & a beautiful friendship poem in hopes to cheer her. Her last words to me were "thank you my friend, I cherish you too" Then just like that she is gone. An email from another lets me in on this bad news. I cry. I hurt. I ache. I think of what I have lost, what the world has lost, & what The God/dess has gained! This is dedicated to her.

Sometimes we think we have tomorrow,
to say you mean the world to me.
Sometimes we don't realize,
tomorrow is just a dream.

Nobody wants to think
about what if I die today,
it could all be gone in a blink.

I will tell them later
how proud I am of them.
Im just to busy now with work
cant do it on a whim.

It's ok they will know
what I really meant to say.
I will have tomorrow to do
what I put off today.

Tomorrow never comes,
cause you always wake to today.
So tomorrow's business
has no excuse to be in the way!

The child, the friend, the mother,
the sister, brother, father...
they know how I feel,
so why even bother?

They know I love them
they must know
they mean the world to me.

Why do we put off saying
the important things, like
you made a difference, you were special,
or you changed my life.

You were precious
to my life, to my power.
As I search within
in this darkest hour.

I seek to find
the last time
I said I love you
I need you, thank you
You made me feel important,
special, precious, wanted, needed.

I hope I let you know
just how much you gave me
during my highest highs & deepest lows.

Go on girl, you fly high, sing a song
dance the dance, meet the angels
take your place in Avalon.
You left your mark on the world
I can only hope I do the same when I am gone.

I quietly whisper as you pass by
you left your mark
upon my heart
all I can ask is why?

Your spirit soars
as mine is cut
to the core.

You are better off then we.
I only hope we let you know
How precious you were, but more importantly,
How better off we are, to have known
the special lady, with her heart in Avalon....

Godspeed to you,
Lady Celtyc Charm....Anne Gendron

Love, Light & Much laughter
Raime

I cry not for Anne, as she is in a much happier place. I cry for myself, for the loss I feel, the hole left inside. I cry for her family & friends who feel this loss. I cry for the world, who never got to know her. We shall meet face to face one day, in summerland....