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in my mind, you’re not engaging
in your mind, i’m overthinking
outside our door, the war rages on
the silence between us so loud
you can hear a pin drop

you paint me as one-dimensional
always good, always sweet
but i am complex and exist in the grey
just like any other human being

you like to keep it light
simple and superficial
but I desire to swim deep
across the english channel

you like to go with the flow
and take each day as it comes
i am persnickety to a fault
and plan itineraries down to a T

you say I’m being emotional
and ought to leave complexity be
but I have kept close company with Socrates
and cannot live an unexamined life