I wandered lonely in The Cloud,
I was trying to find some meaning,
Sifting through Big Data as allowed,
Searching for our very being,
When all at once I saw a crowd, 
A host of faces in The Cloud.

The faces were ordered like a book,
They stretched in never-ending line, 
Hard to comprehend at first look, 
Continuous as the stars that shine,
Faces promoted through pure vanity,
A clear insight into our humanity.

But as I stared, I spied a face
That suddenly grabbed my attention,
You had the visage of good grace,
Inspiring my immediate retention,
Your eyes, demeanour, so refined,
I quickly opened your Timeline.

And there you were for me to see, 
Friends, interests, your life laid there,
I gazed – and gazed – how could it be?
That I would find love in the air,
I then reached out to touch your face
But you evaporated without a trace.

(Apologies to William Wordsworth for the use of a few of his lines from the poem ‘I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud’)

© Neil Dufty