Done with Love

I said I’m done with Love.

The Romantics, with their

Wide-eyed, warm-glowing, universe aligning views

The Poets, and all their

God-forsaken, heart-reeling, soul-piercing sonnets

The Rom-coms, with all their

Meet-cute, friends-to-lovers, fake relationship situations

To only name a few.

I said I’m done with Love.

It’s everywhere and its suffocating, like smoke

From a pyroclastic flow

Devouring all in its path, ingulfing us and burning

In our lungs from the inside out, I feel

Overwhelmed by the acceptance that I see

For romantic endeavours.

I said I’m done with Love.

My heart is dormant, permanently,

No, please don’t confuse it for being in hibernation.

I said I’m done with Love.

Let us change the conversation.