Sunday, 12 April 2020

Virtual community

‘Virtual means 
nearly,
but not quite –
in effect,
but not in fact,’
we’re told. 

the virtual has evolved. 
not monstrous AI,
unsettling simulacra
or nerdish coteries

but flickering candles
shaping darkness,
darts of love that pierce 
the covid cloud

reshaping what we mean
by presence, prayer,
community

photons surfing fibres
electrons shifting circuits
link your soul to mine

liquid crystals realign
to show wry smiles
or puzzled frowns

we meet
in real presence
each to each

as quark and lepton 
spin and leap
the Spirit’s dance

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