Launchorasince 2014
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My Kryptonite

I've wasted so much ink for you

Tainted hundreds of pages on my precious notebook

Thousands of variations using the letters in the alphabet

But still, nothing could explain how you make me feel


I've probably drank more coffee than I should have

Trying to flush away whatever this is

But, somehow, you remind me of coffee

Sweet yet bitter, and yes, bad for me


I see a piece of you in everything

Or maybe I see a piece of everything in you

You remind me of almost everything

Or maybe almost everything reminds me of you


God, I hope that made sense

Nothing makes sense anymore

Not even my own thoughts and words

A foreigner in my own body


I used to have everything figured out

I had these perfect plans in my head

Of where to go, what to do, and when

But now, I even forget to drink my medicine


Words came easy to me

Describing vividly every feeling that I had

But now, I can't seem to find the right words

Even with the dictionary by my side


Doing researches have always been a pain

The dreaded deadlines, word counts, and formats

The godforsaken panels and proposals

But, I'd take that over this any day


Everything was in order

There was comfort in knowing

There was Physics to trust

And even cheat sheets in times of need


Being best in Math used to be an honor

It felt good to be looked up to

People would often ask me for help

And it was okay - numbers were easy


But you, you are more than a complex equation

I've tried countless formulas - some I can't pronounce

I don't even know what variables to use or look for

You're probably the only problem I can't solve