A Study In Pink and White
Allusion: Sherlock / Romeo


He can see the text appear all over her,
in the moment.
Though of course, all that text is inside
All inside his mind. So we ask;
can he really voice what he wants,
can he really own it?
Or does he think that she’ll tell a white lie;
just to be kind?
He has a choice to make; pill A or pill B?
She has a choice to make; fake it or admit to he?


“Simple deduction decrypts her entirety.
Just look at her her hands, her eyes, her face.
They can’t conceal anything, they can’t lie to me.
So again, pill A or pill B?” he thinks, as she awaits.
Either way, one intoxicates, the other exacerbates.
Be consumed with the thought of ‘Why didn’t I take my chance’
Or be consumed with the thought of ‘Why did I ask?’
He keeps this thought in mind,
as he asks her this simple question.


“Will you be mine? Will you be mine?”
She thinks to herself.
“Do I tell a white lie? Do I tell a white lie?”
His eyes zoom all over,
amplifying the little details.
He sees words like “Nervous and confused”
as she replies with a voice that says “you failed”.
Regardless of which pill he took,
Regardless of which choice she made,
There’s no way she could force herself to love him.
And there’s no way he could force himself to feel the same.


In that moment, he deduced the following:
Her words said yes,
but her thoughts said no.
The thing is, is it because she wanted to remain friends,
Or is it because she didn’t tell him that she would have to go?
And before he knew it, she told him how she felt.
It made him crumble. Made him melt.
The day is old, and the night is young.
In the halls of her hotel, she can tell he’s numb.
Finally, and so very quickly, the two depart.


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This poem is about how I was rejected by someone most would probably call my "first love". The bittersweet moment reflects somewhat, the story of Romeo & Juliet very loosely. I allude to Sherlock's "A Study in Scarlet" (TV episode that mirrors it is called "A Study in Pink") through the pills and the over-analytical nature I had in that very moment.