DISTANT LEGEND

From where she came
   No one knew...
Some said the far corners
Where the wind blows
Was her birthplace on earth.

She was an endless enigma,
  Impossible to identify...
And some began to think
She was a virtual apparition,
An ancient, mythical creature
Made manifest on the internet.

Her art was posted on the Web,
   Novels, stories, poetry...
And readers were mesmerized
By the haunting tales of tragedy
About sad, wounded people,
Doomed, lost and unforgettable.

Some said she was an Old Soul
   Sent to restlessly roam
The electronic circuits of cyberspace
On a profound literary mission
To illuminate dark human truths,
And impart visionary guidance
By the power of enlightened compassion.

The cynics said she was after fame
  Or she was an ad campaign
That she should not claim
 An anonymous name,
When the whole wide world
Could choose to read her work.

The lawyers said it was a shame
  To give her art away;
The rights could be retained,
There could be profit in it.

Strangely, readers of her prose
  Forgot to care who she was
Or from where she came;
They shared her artistic vision
And gladly learned wisdom.

Yet to this very day...
Some whisper her words,
And imbue her legacy with an aura
Of mystical awe and mystery,
Wondering if she ever existed?

For now she is only known
As a distant legend in history
From the last years of the 20th Century,
When computers opened the world
Of electronic mastery to artists,
And her fables flourished on the internet.









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