Future Romance - Empty Love
In the not so distant future on a website near you
Will come a dating service unlike others where people will
Find their perfect match through personality matrices formed from
Complex algorithms
And unlike Tinder or EHarmony every subscriber will walk away with a partner
That never yells or screams
That never snores in bed
That never smells funny or farts
That never cheats and
That never breaks up.
Millions of lonely people will line up for this service with memories
Of lost love, broken promises, abusive relationships and spend their money
In pursuit of what we all seek;
To be loved
However this love will be unlike others
As it will be a relationship built
From artificial intelligence
On a server farm
Thousands of miles away.
A blinking prompt
An emotional response
And an emotionless reply
Simulated love
Through a computer algorithm
The new drug
On a one way street.
To nothing.
And in its wake will lie the corpses of a million lost loves, lost kisses, lost touches,
Lost in a million ways to a super-computer
Through the singular lie;
That they are loved.
A farce so appealing that many will have forgotten that love is more than an
An injection of dopamine and norepinephrine.
Customers will come in the millions
In search of love
Even if it is just to live the lonely lie
Making me question if humanities
Future is not among the stars
But rather with a neural implant
In a drug induced coma
And a smile on its face.