When the person you hold dearest is also the root of your anguish, their presence ignites an unbearable paradox within you.

Their actions, their words, their very presence seems to both captivate and wound you, as if your very soul is being stretched to the breaking point by two opposing forces.

You’re trapped in a cycle of yearning and hurting, of needing them yet fearing the potential for further pain they bring.

This paradox births a whirlwind of confusion that ravages your mind, leaving it reeling and paralyzed.

The love you harbor for them battles against the torment they inflict, forging an inescapable storm of conflicting emotions.

Each moment with them is a razor’s edge, cutting deeper into your soul with a pain that threatens to consume you.

Yet, the mere thought of their absence conjures a hollowness so profound it echoes through every fiber of your being.

This paradox, this agonizing tangle of love and pain, immobilizes your mind.

It renders you helpless, ensnared in a torment of your own making. For in loving them, you have become your own worst enemy, forever trapped in this cycle of anguish and yearning.

Tom