Having fallen enchanted with terabytes And crackle static audio that kissed my cochlea at arms length a thousand miles away i realized with fear my folly And the cursed blessing of feeling your butterflies.gif As pixelated and intangible as your portrait freezing before me a betrayal to our union a betrayal of our humanity full of blood and heat and scent when warmth is plastic beneath palms when the fan cannot keep up with fervor when solace is typed in syllables, sacred, that do not err or lose their way in translation And now i am Pygmalion prostrate before his masterpiece Clutching his beloved rock And waiting for lightning.