The Double S....
I love you... but the
double S won't let us be
You say it doesn't
matter...
that the chances are
low
But it really
matters...
you forget that low or
high, the chances are still there
Love is not selfish,
never forget
and the double S is
painful
What will our love do
when the pain comes?
The fight... Oh! I can
almost hear our unending argument
What will happen to our
love then?
Won't our sweet love
turn sour under the weight of stress and struggle?
Let me go
The pain we feel now
will pass
It is the pain of
loss... the loss of a love that could have been
But the pain of the
double S will never pass... it is forever
We will watch
helplessly
We will pray tearfully
We will blame our
selves for the pain...
A pain that could have
been avoided.
I must go.. you must
let me go
Holding on will only
cause greater pain
The double S has spoken
It has warned us...
It has made our love
forbidden
And we must listen
For the sake of them
who the double S is waiting to strike
Great piece. Well done Taiwo.
ReplyDeleteNoted ma'am. Beautiful write uo
ReplyDelete...been racking my head for what the double s means...buh i think i struck gold - AS and AS love birds? if i'm right, then its only a pity - star crossed lovers, methinks...
ReplyDeletereminds me of Romeo and Juliet (Shakespeare's classic depicting such 'bad fate'!) who were willing to take a 'leap of faith' of sorts by way of by passing their families' feuds but still ended up committing suicides, albeit separately, though tragically, and apparently accidental...
I liked what i read here. it also got me thinking, and asking, though rhetorically: Why can't we always have our ways in life at all, or at least most, times?
in any case, i admire the lover boy's (or is it the girl, now?) somewhat uncommon courage to break off this affair owing to the (medical?) odds apparently against them! S/he chose to 'walk', nay 'fall' in love!! ('cause, i 'smell' polemics here! lol)....
in any case, there's a moral, or two/more, here!!
Well done for this brilliant piece, Taiwo.
If you know a pretty lady that has to leave her love bcos of the double S ..please let her know I have more than one A.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful!
ReplyDeleteVery painful indeed. Completely relate. It's well shaa
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