The color began light pink. Our love was budding. Ecstatic!

Then it turned hot pink. Deep love. Memorable romantic days. I smiled when ever I saw you. Sweetness all over.

Few years later, pale red. You began to avoid me. You tossed our dates.

Now it’s gray.

Sweetheart, what happened?

Chudy Ebiringa is an author who writes across genres. He won the first prize for the Eaton Literary Agency Short Story contest for the year 2020.