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Turning the knob on the door
I sense your presence inside the room
have you been to a merry-go-round chase again?
or did you content yourself with playing
hide-and-seek?

there is nothing wrong with resisting
it shows our willpower
but you seem not to exercise your freedom
to feel happiness and contentment
what seems to be missing?

I still could not figure you out
even after all these years
you are not supposed to be in this way
and I am not supposed to be in this way

we’ve been through all these
and we are back to square one again
and somehow we become stuck in the middle
of all these chaotic phases of uncertainty
I reach out
you fall back
and we play tug-of-war again
for the millionth time

playing name-the-happy-memories
no longer fills our afternoons
even the coffee table at the attic
could no longer utter our names
least of all tell some things about us

we become blank canvasses
and you made it happen
and you dragged me into it
inside your isolated world
and I became a part of it
unintentionally

I still could not figure you out
even after all these years
you are not supposed to be in this way
and I am not supposed to be in this way

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