Binary Emotion

[Thinas]

Hello, all. I just started studying software technology, so I'm heavily influenced it seems. The topic of the following poem is something that came to mind as I rode my bike home from school today. I can't believe this happened to me as I suspect I'd be the last person to ever write anything on this topic.

 

But here goes anyway. This is what happens when a computer nerd faces the challenge it is to describe the world's most powerful feeling. I hope you find it less cryptic to read than I found it to write.

 

Binary Emotion

 

Whether embers or burning fire

It lurks in everyone’s hearts

You get what you desire

Or you’re blown to a million shards

 

It will blind your sight,

and it will blur your mind

Can’t resist, try as you might,

but only her. No world behind.

 

There’s no path in between

It refuses compromise

Fight to meet either extreme:

Sweetest victory or painful demise

 

And so I, too, burn alive

I wish she could tell I walk aflame.

Binary pool, took real a deep dive

Tasted before, though never the same

 

Indescribable, no word’s enough,

despite countless books written

Torn down no matter how tough

I’m twice shy though once bitten

 

Though…If I take the chance…

 

Here’s the outcome offered:

Either enjoyed or heinously suffered

 

So here’s something I feel fits,

for the heart’s searing sun:

I need naught but two bits

And it’d be zero and one.

 

The answer’s so ridiculously obvious:

 

IF:

I want her to see.

I want my feelings heard

 

 

THEN:

Courage is the key

Love is the word

[Peredhil]

Marvelous.

[cryptomancer]

The glory of love outshines all,

 

Beautifully written, and brings a flood of memories to mind of my own journey in life.

 

I wish she could tell I walk aflame

I know this feeling very well.

 

[Alaeha]

Hmm... I was expecting something like

 

"You overclock my CPU,

my chip is set aflame,

my screen is turning white and blue.

It makes me feel so 14m3!"

 

[Thinas]

LOL @ Alaeha

 

That would be a poem about my love for my computer, not my love for a girl.

 

Maybe I should do one of those one day too.

 

/Thinas\

[Sparhawk]

lol. It is a great poem though Thinas.

[Gryphon]

I like this. The descriptions burn trails of light through my imagination.

 

The last bit is cool too.

 

IF:

I want her to see.

I want my feelings heard

 

 

THEN:

Courage is the key

Love is the word

I'm reminded that so many of life's questions boil down to a deceptively simple choice like this one.

[Falcon2001]

girl

{

psychotic:yes;

evil:yes;

}

 

IF girl="evil" THEN you="doomed"

 

 

You can't escape logic, heh

 

Good poem, though.

 

EDIT: Stupid ; missing. If I'm going to code women to be ultra evil, I better at least make it CSS compliant.

Edited October 21, 2004 by Falcon2001