Monday 5 June 2023

A new divide

If I use a filter on my broken heart:

Would you double click it on Instagram?

Who replaced affections with emojis?

Just let it go and hold on tight, she said.

In a world with split personalities

If I slide into her DM and conquer

I have only won half the battle,

A tigress on her timeline, a frightened Kitten.


…The meeting.


True kinging is in the conquering of both

A filtered e-persona, an awkward introvert

She retweets my moonshine, she wants me

These jokes write themselves, surely.

In my every line, a sub is embedded,

We flirt in Morse codes, you would never know

A conversation, absent mentions or retweets,

She whispers in my silent screams.


…The falling in love.


You wanted roses; I rose to the challenge,

The thorny bushes saw right through me.

You picked me pickles for my prickly feet,

I give you dimples and made you giggle.

I stole the sun on a sunny day,

You made it rain as you walked away.

The saline waves washed through the maze,

The salmon danced salsa between your hair.

I gave you glitters, you traded blisters

You gave me hurdles, I offered cuddles.

Love turned cold, infatuation grew old.

In abandoned subs and corrected typos.


…She hits unfollow.


By

Aventurine.