BIRD’S IN A WIRE

Anita and Zyana were childhood friends. They were always together, laughing with each other’s jokes, eating
together during lunch, going to arcades, eating street foods and more, they were inseperable.

hey Anita wanna

hang out??

ehh.. stop
No, uhm not today, pretending to be
my parents are a good daughter
giving me a lot of HAHA, well alright
errands. then.
 BIRD’S IN A WIRE
This past few days anita had been skipping schools and everytime zyana invites her to hang out she would
always deny and respond with abrupt excuses like..

oh..uh.. I skipped
Hey anita schools.. bcs im at
where ya at? I my grandparents!
didn’t see u at Sorry hahaha!
school?

oh that’s okay,
yeah alright my
bad lol, maybe
tomorrow? Sure...
-Next day-

hi! Uh sorry girl my

mom said she needed
hey Anita, I’m at my help with
groceries bcs my dad
school where are was feeling sick so..
you? yeah next time??

next day, Saturday 8 am_

oh okay that’s fine.

aren’t you
gonna call
I don’t know
Anita?

why is she not

answering? Anita??
Hey, wait are u okay? ah yes! Haha ofc,
whats up?
 u don’t look fine,
where are you I said im fine
right now
zyana, don’t
worry.

worry? Ive been worrying It feels like u don’t

even care.. ARE WE
for 2 weeks already. Do
STILL EVEN FRIENDS?!
you not understand how
WHY ARE U
worried I am, I havent DISTANCING URSELF
seen u in forever and u FROM ME??!
don’t even give me a
text..
 STOP!! FOR GOODNESS
SAKE STOP ZYANA.. ur just..
ur making things worse. UNDERSTAND YOU? HOW CAN I
Just.. if ur my friend just try WHEN U DONT EVEN TRY TO TELL
to understand me.. ME WHATS WRONG? IS IT THAT
BAD? WHATS UR PROBLEM?
WORSE? I MAKE IT WORSE? WHAT,
ARE U DYING? ARE U LEAVING?
Anita ur so.. unfair and selfish..

-At Zyana’s house-

Zyana.. Anita.. Anitas

no.. no stop lying.. SHE
gone! she.. just died.. IS NOT GONE
earlier when her mom she isn’t..
called.. she said.. Pick up.. ANITA PLS..
 (flashback)

Anita got sick. And she was

diagnosed with cardiac
sarcoma. Anita requested to
be treated at home. So she
woudnt feel like shes dying.
She refused to tell zyanya her
condition bcs it will only make
her worried.

-end of flashback-
Anita and zyanyas friendship was torn apart, broken
It surely is difficult to
and misunderstood, it can no longer be fix, when the
walk the rest of the
other is no longer alive. Like two birds in a wire, one
route of friendship
tries to fly and see more of the world, has ambitions alone, lets meet
of doing something great, telling their friend to come again, Anita.
with them and sore yet the other one grows tired.
Wanting to stay in that wire knowing theyre gonna
die soon. A sad truth for people with a little amount of
time in this world, like anita, not even a farewell nor
apology, they were both left devastated.