Long Distance Romances Poem by Ravi Kopra

Long distances romances do not work
my friends often say
Find a girl in your village
who knows you
you know her ways
fall in love and marry her
my grandma says.

Yet my hippie self wanders
heart wants love
soul wants merger
mind intoxicated wonders
I fall in love with women on web
hundreds of mile I go to finally find:

Many are heart broken many times
some alcoholic, others on drugs
manic depressives, sickos, psychos
with myriad disorders of mind
on surface pretty, highfalutin professionals
deep inside illusional,  dysfunctional
Like attracts like, I then realize.

Who's perfect? All wabi sabi.
I head to my village, all ready.