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In Relationships 3 min read
QUARANTINE ON VALENTINE.
<p>Because I chose to go quarantine,</p><p>the echoes of their queries blasted my eardrum:</p><p>“Why are you like this?”</p><p>“You are just weird.”</p><p>“Are you even human at all?”</p><p><br/></p><p>Indeed, I went quarantine.</p><p>And while they chided and scolded,</p><p>I wove a blanket out of the empty air, thick enough</p><p>to shield from the cold.... ice-cold stares and rebukes.</p><p><br/></p><p>Some understood....</p><p>or they seemed to ....</p><p>And just when I thought I had found people </p><p>who would understand my quarantine,</p><p>I became sweaty due to the “hot gists” heated against me —</p><p>right from within… my circle of close ones.</p><p><br/></p><p>The pressure mounted,</p><p>hurts continued,</p><p>the heat scorched the more,</p><p>drenched...yet I still quarantined.</p><p><br/></p><p><strong>UNTIL ONE MOMENT…</strong></p><p>I decided to throw away intimidation.</p><p>I flung the blanket away, revealing my sweaty self.</p><p>Immediately, instincts came as breeze,</p><p>and the heat dried up.</p><p>Self-discovery tuned me to wellness and I</p><p>resolved to redefine my <strong>QUARANTINE</strong>.</p><p><br/></p><p>I came out gallantly, met with the cold stares and rebukes again,</p><p>but this time around, they melted....just like ice</p><p>I stood my ground revealing my naked and true self,</p><p>showing transparency,</p><p>The heat tried to cook up again from within,</p><p>but it became impossible to light up.</p><p>There was no enclosure to aid their heat anymore. </p><p>There was nothing to cook up heavy allegations against. </p><p>I was already a light man....</p><p>Light- free from guilt and insecurity so there is nothing to run away from now.</p><p>I felt light.</p><p>And I saw light in my <strong>QUARANTINE</strong>.</p><p><br/></p><p><sup>*<em>clears throat </em></sup></p><p><br/></p><p>Hey you! ,🫵</p><p>Yes, you who sulks privately while you watch the love birds cuddle,</p><p>Because you had no one to call "loml" you were labelled as "idle",</p><p>And you feel left out?</p><p><img alt="" src="/media/inline_insight_image/de9bf429-09ca-4fc2-9108-b2d2459809d5.jpeg"/></p><p>Listen, your non-existence in their world does not make you</p><p>an alien of this world.</p><p>Neither does it mean you are DEAD in FEELINGS.</p><p>You’ve actually DARED to make a FEAT.</p><p><strong><em><br/></em></strong></p><p><strong><em>Bro</em></strong>…</p><p>Better remain as a <strong>FRIEND</strong></p><p>than submit to pressure and become a <strong>FIEND</strong>.</p><p><em><strong>Girl</strong></em>…</p><p>Choose to remain <strong>WEIRD</strong></p><p>than to give in to the advances of that guy with just a string of <strong>BEARD</strong>.😏</p><p><strong><em>Dear Friend ...</em></strong></p><p>It is better to remain <strong>ODD</strong></p><p>than to venture into painful feelings you cannot <strong>AFFORD</strong>.</p><p><br/></p><p>Heyy!!🙋‍♂️</p><p>Why will you allow flowers to depress you?</p><p>Leave them and Come in now!</p><p>Join the train.</p><p>We are going on QUARANTINE,</p><p><br/></p><p><em>while their moment last.🚶‍♂️</em></p><p><strong><em><img alt="" src="/media/inline_insight_image/6271df48-4868-43a0-ae6a-72fb6638218f.jpeg"/></em></strong></p><blockquote><strong><em>WE BASK IN THIS REDEFINED QUARANTINE..... A SAFE AND SANE SPACE.</em></strong></blockquote><blockquote><strong><em><br/>WE GO QUARANTINE ON VALENTINE. 🔥</em></strong></blockquote>

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