Hi all!

This is primarily dedicated to a certain dear friend of mine. HAPPY. BIRTHDAY. Also, this is kind of a shout out to all of you who know the struggle of having online friendships. It's a major blessing wrapped in a curse. So, without further adieu, here you go...

And now I'm on my phone again

To reach the one I tell my woes to

The one who doesn't live nearby

There is no face to say hello to

And now no one is near

You're the equivalent of here

Sometimes I stay awake at night

When everybody else is sleeping

I talk to you and read your stories

Til I'm laughing while weeping

Forgetting 'bout the threat

In speaking on the Internet

On my phone

Pretending you're beside me

All alone

I talk with you for hours

Without you

I hear you laughing with me

'Cuz when we have a minute

We make fun of stuff uncouthly

In our pain

Or when we're just plain salty

We complain

About the crud that's faulty

But when Bogus

Just snatches what you wanted

I can't do much but hope that Paris actually *is* haunted

And I know

You COULD be... real unkind

Or at least that's what my mother seems to think

And although I know that she is blind

Still she say'

I could pay for this

You're my friend

But when phone time is over

I am gone

E'en though it makes me bitter

When Mom comes

My activity changes

'Cuz otherwise I'll SUDDENLY be "talking to a stranger"

You're my friend

And every day I'm hoping

That someday

We'll find each other somehow

Until then

I'll have to keep on coping

The world is full of evil creeps

That make this way too hard!

You're my friend

I'm your friend

Two best friends

But only on our phones

Yes, I had to get really creative with those near rhymes. For all the words in the rhyming dictionaries, you'd think there would be something useful... *shrugs* Ah well, nothing's perfect.