Cait

Offline

Posted by Caitlin Tobias on May 18, 2016May 19, 2016

offline

being
unfriended, muted, blocked
unloved, avoided, ignored
unanswered, erased, deleted
it feels like a cool breeze on a hot summer-day

compared to that devastating hurricane
that hits you on a dull, normal, evening
after typing that IM
composing that e-mail
answering that last Whats-App
staring at that profile picture in Skype

hovering the cursor over that one name
which you still see in all your lists and
of which you know

will never appear as online again

(March – 2016)

featured image taken at Frisland

Published by Caitlin Tobias

An SL explorer, blogger, Einzelgänger, wannabee fashionista, Dutch, terrible builder, shopper, usually friendly - just very private. Opinions, ramblings, and fashion crimes are all my own! View all posts by Caitlin Tobias

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Kess Crystal says:

May 18, 2016 at 10:56 pm

I never have with my friend…I can’t and often think about it <3 *hugs the Dutchess*

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1. Caitlin Tobias says:
  
  May 18, 2016 at 11:05 pm
  
  Hugs you back. K’ess! (though I noticed the first word of my attempt of a poem got lost in copy-pasting, so I fixed that and hopefully it is more clear now!)
  
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Kerena says:

May 18, 2016 at 11:27 pm

Hugs sweet Cait. Just hugs.

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1. Caitlin Tobias says:
  
  May 19, 2016 at 6:24 pm
  
  Thanks Kerena, all is fine, no worries! :)
  
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Huckleberry Hax says:

May 19, 2016 at 12:20 am

Great poem!

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1. Caitlin Tobias says:
  
  May 19, 2016 at 6:24 pm
  
  Thank you so much Huck, coming from you that is a huge compliment!
  
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Patricia de Chenier says:

May 27, 2016 at 11:47 pm

You captured the emotions when a virtual friendship dies so well….

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