Interweb

The pull of the internet
You get caught in it's web
It looks so enticing
But it traps you and keeps you
Stuck in it
As massive eight-legged nightmares
Slowly stalk you
Ready to swallow you up

The bright, shiny colours
The videos, the words, the sounds
The overstimulation
So lovely and so draining as well
Draws you into it
The community the friends you make

The friends who have the same views as yourself
Have the same interests
Your doppelgangers exist
Just not in your hometown
Even though you may have real friends
In real life
They aren't as specifically compatible
As your web buddies

The voice for those who have none
The voice for those who deserve one
The outlet for those who don't warrant
To be plugged in and heard
The place for mediocrity and jacking off
The place for the greatest art
Which doesn't fit a large enough demographic
To sell ads over

So isn't as well known
But is so much more beautiful to the few
Who see it
To the few who identify
With the rare few

Reviews

[Melanie Genevieve]

This is true lol whats funny is that as soon as i saw you posted a poem called interweb I was pondering all the time I spent today on the internet just fooling around and every time I tell myself it's been enough I stay on for another 5 hours. It's so addictive. It's its own world. Crazy sauce.

[Luke L]

ha yes indeed. At least if I'm going to use it I hope I do something constructive like write or make videos, record audio, etc. I just get antsy taking in other people's stuff a lot. I want to create, not appreciate art as much. Though I do, just I use the internet to put my stuff out there :p.

[Brittney]

Very well written and very true. Good work :)

[Luke L]

thank you very much I get stuck in the web many times

[Brittney]

I def do as well. Right now for instance

[Luke L]

(throws webbing at Britney)

[Pryde Foltz]

I really, really like. The flow is so well done, it almost seems to rhyme. Your phrasing seems effortless but every word is perfectly placed. It is a very thoughtful and obviously personal piece and will have meaning for many. And I really liked the last stanza, the softness of it and the appreciation of quiet greatness.

[Luke L]

thank you very much, Pryde.

[Luke L]

I personally think that "kind in general will always find his/her kind", when one finds a thick black hairy spider crawling here in the Netherlands, you can count on it he / she is never alone, they are always in two ... poingnant write, or full inter-webbed truth. (I made that word for sure lol)...

- Elisa

[Luke L]

thank you very much :)

[Girl Friday (Sarah W.)]

We do indeed get caught in the "web" of cyberspace, don't we? It's the age of technology, and we are fully immeresed. While reading, I found myself nodding in agreement because I have spent at least 5 hours of this day alone on the "interweb", and though I have gotten a lot accomplished, there is something to be said for the wasting of time just to simply waste time.

Your doppelgangers exist
Just not in your hometown -- haha I have experienced this. Once about 5 years ago I found that someone had an entire profile on Myspace with all of my pictures and was pretending to be "me"...it freaked me out and I left the site. It happens...

Thought provoking write, my friend.

[Luke L]

thank you for the review... haha that wasn't what I meant that's pretty creepy! I meant someone who is very similar to yourself, but I think you got that :p.

[Girl Friday (Sarah W.)]

Yeah, I got it, but I shared that story because the lines could be interpereted a few different ways...haha

[Luke L]

alrighty then :)