by Thia Jones
This is a suite of poems (or a multi-part poem, if you prefer) that deals with the course of a relationship that began and took place for the most part within a virtual world. Nevertheless, this relationship led to remarkable (and in my experience unprecedented) emotional highs and lows. The subject of the suite became the greatest love of my life, despite the relationship never being physically consummated. She also became my Muse, my inspiration and the spur to make some significant and much needed changes in my life. These poems have never before been shared with anyone other than her, but I believe it is now time they were published.