Clouds of the internet

The clouds of internet are changing,
No longer they may remain free,
gods of Google searching for ways of monetizing,
And soon others will follow through.

Isn’t that the way of life,
The haves will hog the resources,
And the havenots slowly wither.

Everything essential that nature provides free,
Soon our greed will touch and pollute,
The rich will pay to breathe and drink,
Will there be a world for the meeks to inherit?

The genie

I was sure I had bottled up
The genie,
and closed the lid shut tight,
Wary of being granted my wishes,
but always with a twist,
I promised myself I shall not ask.

Oh, how foolish was I,
she escapes every night,
the astral apparition,
comes dancing riding the clouds,
moonlight streaming from her hair,
dew drops dangling from her eye lashes,
lips soft like rose petals,
fingers like a painter’s soft brush,
she caresses.

Her breath like a soft breeze,
scented celestial, sensuous,
Softly I moan and try to embrace her,
to hold her tight to my chest,
my body burning with desire.

Gently she wiggles out and coos in my ears,
how dare you bottle up your heart,
and keep me away,
As I lament
another wasted night.

Haiku Challenge: Fray and Veiled

For Ronovan’s Weekly Haiku Challenge

Mysteries hiding
Behind veil of golden cloud
Frayed at the edges

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Photograph by author during evening walk

Strange World of Internet

Pressed for time

Days pass by

We don’t talk

We don’t call

All the time

Our fingers fly

They now do

All the talking

Eyes fixed on

The screen upfront

We make friends

All over the world

Anonymous

Hidden in the cloud

Our circle grows

Thrive for Likes

Wait for comments

With bated breath

Words of encouragement

Make our day

We pour our hearts

To unseen friends

Parallel universe we live in

Existence defined by

User names and tag lines

What we post

On our screens

One day fingers

Will be tired

Our posts will

Become infrequent

Till they fall silent

Our unseen friends

Will wonder

Traffic will diminish

Then stop

On screen identity

Still alive

But we are gone

What a strange

World of Internet

We live in