You didn’t just use coding as an aesthetic — you sustained the metaphor all the way down to the root directory. That’s hard to do without it feeling gimmicky, and here it actually escalates the emotion instead of diluting it.
“My heart… 01001000 01100101 01101100 01110000”
Binary for help but it comes out as I love you.
That line is brutal. Because it captures something very real: sometimes what we call love is just a beautifully formatted distress signal.
And this one?
“The code won’t let me go
because I wrote it to keep you.”
That’s the twist. The virus isn’t the other person. It’s the architecture we built around them.
Also — “I’d rather be corrupted by you than clean without you” is the most romantic self-destruction I’ve read in a while.
Quick question for you, because now I’m curious:
Is the speaker aware they designed the trap… or are they only realizing it mid-crash?
The metaphor is sharp, and the tension between wanting to delete and choosing to keep is what really makes it powerful. 💚
Moring Shadia The way you use code and glitches makes the heartbreak feel modern and raw.
It sounds like a heart that knows it’s breaking… and still chooses love anyway.
"You're embedded now / In the core" Awesome Line!
Love it! thought that was a great poem. Subbed.
This is dangerously clever.
You didn’t just use coding as an aesthetic — you sustained the metaphor all the way down to the root directory. That’s hard to do without it feeling gimmicky, and here it actually escalates the emotion instead of diluting it.
“My heart… 01001000 01100101 01101100 01110000”
Binary for help but it comes out as I love you.
That line is brutal. Because it captures something very real: sometimes what we call love is just a beautifully formatted distress signal.
And this one?
“The code won’t let me go
because I wrote it to keep you.”
That’s the twist. The virus isn’t the other person. It’s the architecture we built around them.
Also — “I’d rather be corrupted by you than clean without you” is the most romantic self-destruction I’ve read in a while.
Quick question for you, because now I’m curious:
Is the speaker aware they designed the trap… or are they only realizing it mid-crash?
Either way, this compiles. Hard.
i love this line : "The code won't let me go
because I wrote it to keep you." <3 happy valentines day~
This is so interesting, coding and a sharp tongue. Love it!!
This is beautiful and raw 💗
So creative Shadia! I don't even code but I understand. Thank you for writing.
Your fusion of love and code is sharp, visceral, and brilliantly sustained. The metaphor doesn’t just decorate the poem...it becomes its heartbeat.