Is like inline skating
Built for speed and streamlined, it’s true
The new way to go: version ten-point-o
but in reality it’s a clumsy and bootlike shoe
when all you want to do is tip toe
into happiness and sunset bliss
Happily ever after ten when my kids are tucked in
and I’m scrolling through out my inbox
There’s 19 winks and 29 flirts from some “Mr Silver Fox”
who’s thrice my age and 2,000 miles from where I sift and sort
(I’m changing the filter on this strange vending machine, old sport)
All I wanted was a simple life
dream a few dreams and be a devoted wife
in a garden of stars with a tree swing by the sea
(oh, and a ring) washing dishes and cars
counting on things that always return
like tree frogs in June and school in September
but he forgot to remember
I do’s became I don’ts
I will’s became I wont’s
and always faded into never
ALL SKATE!
So, here I am fishing with an appendage of virtual reality
(That would be a piece of my personality
Hanging out there in cyberspace)
Casually polished candor and a smiling face
Just watching the wheels go by in this strategic race
Don’t show too much
Leave them wanting more
Write a them a novel and they’ll think you’re a bore
Too many selfies and you’ll look selfish
Just put on a grin that defies the question (that goes without mention)
Is there such a thing as a soulmate?
I’ve just about mastered that look of content while treading the Sea of Singleness
Miss Mingle has come a long way in her mingleness
From that very first night when she joined her first site
And swore she felt the collective sum of all loneliness
Choking in her throat until she sobbed
Dear God, there are so many of us!
Staring through computer screens
Just wanting someone to share our dreams
And feeling like it’s getting late
Do I even want to go out on a date?
Success stories happen
Still, I prefer old fashioned
Tea kettles, roller-skates and books
Four wheels side by side to balance my stride
And a pair of eyes to look
Both ways while crossing the street
Where I could get hurt In real time
Or
Perchance collide
With happily ever after