How Love died

Flat line

Joshua Omena
Aug 22, 2017 · 1 min read

we started out as two lines
parallel to each other
swearing to meet at an angle

we became two people
fighting ourselves to
create space for us
till we became sick of each other

and on some days,
we will be optimistic
that we will get better

but we kept deteriorating
our bodies became weaker
and our breathing became laboured

after trying everything
to be everything to each other,
we are now nothing but a flat line
on the screen of a heart monitor

we are sorry,
our love could not make it

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