An HTTP Romance

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**200 OK**

I saw you across the server.

Everything was perfect.

My response: complete.

My status: ready.

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**301 Moved Permanently**

But then you redirected me.

"I've moved on," you said.

"Find me at a new URL."

I followed, because I had no choice.

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**404 Not Found**

I searched for you everywhere.

Every endpoint, every route.

The resource I requested

could not be located.

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**401 Unauthorized**

I tried to access your heart,

but you required credentials

I didn't possess.

"Access denied," you whispered.

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**500 Internal Server Error**

Something broke inside me.

The server (my heart)

encountered an unexpected condition

and could not complete the request.

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**503 Service Unavailable**

I went offline for a while.

Maintenance mode.

Temporarily unable to handle requests.

"Please try again later."

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**418 I'm a teapot**

(Yes, this is a real HTTP code)

I realized I was trying to brew coffee

in a teapot designed for tea.

I was asking myself

to be something I'm not.

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**100 Continue**

But the protocol said:

"Your initial request looks good.

Send the rest of your message."

So I did.

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**201 Created**

I created something new:

A version of myself

that didn't need your validation,

that existed independently.

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**304 Not Modified**

You came back.

You checked if I'd changed.

"Not modified," I replied.

I was still me.

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**200 OK**

But this time,

the OK was for me,

not for the connection.

I accepted my own request.

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**Connection: keep-alive**

I chose to keep the connection open—

the connection to myself.

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HTTP/2.0

THE END

*Moral: Even protocols have feelings. Even status codes tell stories.*

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**P.S. 451 Unavailable For Legal Reasons**

(This postscript was censored by my own self-doubt)

**P.P.S. 308 Permanent Redirect**

(But I've moved past that now. Follow me to self-acceptance.)