Two people, connected.
Connected through two lives.
A life that could have been beautiful
Was hard and exhausting instead.
You cut it short in a night full of tears
Raising that cold metal to your temple.
You could no longer withstand the pain,
Knowing acceptance
Wasn’t going to come anytime soon.
Your families soon saw
They were keeping you from
True happiness, and so
At the funeral, your pinkies were tethered
With a string in the colour red;
Legend promises it links lovers
Together in their next life.
The world was ready for you this time.
The moment your eyes met: overwhelmed.
You couldn’t describe the feeling, but
You knew you’d found the one you’d been missing.
Fate tied you together so your love could blossom;
Another chance for you, and
The people who made your past
Impossible–the ones that missed you dearly.
No more pain, no more sadness,
Only your love out in the open.
All thanks to an attraction that existed
Despite no body to harbour it in, and
A dainty red string, whose meaning is
Entirely simple, yet so complex:
“Until we meet again.”
Sydney Jordan is a third year Carleton student in the BA of English program. She can be contacted via [email protected] or 343-260-9593. The piece of literary work submitted is titled “Fate Lies in Red Thread” and is a poetry piece with a word count of 201 words (33 lines). Sydney has not published any of her works in the past.
