11. Community!

COMMUNITY

Community is dead they say but is it?
Alright, I'll be a little more explicit….
I've made a friend in space;
We may not meet face to face,
But that is not the point I'm making, is it?

She is young and I am older, quite a lot so,
But we do have things in common is that not so?
She's a Blogger of renown,
I am still a clueless clown,
And I'm dazzled by the Blog that she has got, so …….

In the vast and neverending cyber spaces,
Where we pay no heed to ages, colours, races,
As two Bloggers we can meet,
Calling 'Hi!' in Cyber Street,
Which is quite the most delectable of places.

Long ago we might have lived in the same town,
Me in calico and her in silken gown.
I'd have been that old Dame Brenda,
Sitting close up to the fender,
With her workworn fingers old and gnarled and brown.

She'd have come to bring some victuals and good cheer;
She'd have said a charming '"How are you my dear?"
She'd be known for paying heed
To the villagers in need
And I'd be so touched I'd shed a little tear.

Community! It flourished in those days!
And we've moved on to more enlightened ways.
The concept's changed its type
And now the time is ripe
To realise that Blogs aren't just a craze.

We may not live as close as just next-door,
And yet we all are closer still, I'm sure,
For our magic finger tips
Can make ether-crossing trips.
So! Community is back with us once more!