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Posted by saw on September 23, 2004, at 7:16:52
As the people here grow colder
I turn to my computer
And spend my days with it
Like a friend.I was loading a new programme
I had ordered from a magazine:"Are you lonely, are you lost?
This voice console is a must."
I press Execute."Hello, I know that you've been feeling tired.
I bring you love and deeper understanding.
Hello, I know that you're unhappy.
I bring you love and deeper understanding."Well I've never felt such pleasure.
Nothing else seemed to matter.
I neglected my bodily needs.I did not eat, I did not sleep,
The intensity increasing,
And no one intervened.But I was lonely, I was lost,
Without my little black box.
I pick up the phone and go, Execute."Hello, I know that you've been feeling tired.
I bring you love and deeper understanding.
Hello, I know that you're unhappy.
I bring you love and deeper understanding."I turn to my computer like a friend.
I need deeper understanding.
Give me deeper understanding.Sabrina
Posted by Angela2 on September 23, 2004, at 9:28:24
In reply to My computer, posted by saw on September 23, 2004, at 7:16:52
This makes me think of how I use the computer all the time to satisfy my loneliness. In the end when you say "I need deeper understanding" do you mean to say that the computer is not giving you what you need?
Posted by Jai Narayan on September 23, 2004, at 14:59:03
In reply to My computer, posted by saw on September 23, 2004, at 7:16:52
I like this poem.
the tone is soothing and reassuring."Hello, I know that you've been feeling tired.
I bring you love and deeper understanding.
Hello, I know that you're unhappy.
I bring you love and deeper understanding."the clincher is the deep sadness you feel.
especially since those around you are being cool.
What would be perfect is to have someone you appreciate holding you and repeating this till you melt into the deep relaxation that would probably follow.I was at my therapists today and pondered what we all really want from our interactions: she said we all want this deep understanding and support.
So if we all want love and understanding why we are so far from getting or giving it?
She said we are all so complex....
Well sweet Sabrina, I give you understanding.
I encourage you to keep writing as well.
Good stuff.
Jai
Posted by saw on September 27, 2004, at 5:12:53
In reply to Re: My computer, posted by Angela2 on September 23, 2004, at 9:28:24
Hi Angela
I think the computer does give me so much of what I need. I am far better at expressing myself in writing than in person. And it takes me so long to trust and open up. I have found the anonymity of the computer to be quite soothing. By ending with 'I need deeper understanding" I am saying that I still feel lonely and want to feel even closer to those that I am communicating with. I consider my new friendships very special.
Sabrina
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