I hate it here;
Enduring this false cheer
When all I want is for reality to unravel
So that the three-thousand miles between us becomes null.

I wish you'd come riding a white destrier
Run away with me to your golden land
Heeding not to the cries of my angry kin,
As their hands itch to draw blood.

Let me hold the crook and the flail
I want to feel what it means to be in power
Crown me with the red and the white
Guide me towards glory with a gentle hand and a passionate kiss.

I am tired of counting the miles
Of being the practical little girl
Obedience has its limits
And my limits have been long crossed.

They want to make me a wife and a mother
As if I couldn't bother less
Am I not enough the way I am?
Why do I need another to make me full?

Come, be the Layla to my Majnun
Don't let me drown in my sorrows and grief
Urge me to flee, to run away and leave it all behind
Set me free from these senseless norms.

When I stand at your door,
Please take me in with a tight embrace
For I have forsaken it all — name, clan, lineage and blood
Just for you, darling, just to have your approval.

It's a war, the fiercest battle of my life
The castles have crumbled and they lie in ruins
Fear has fled from the scene, fearing for its life
I stand defiant against them all, just to know what it means to belong.

But even if I cannot have you
In this life or in the next thousand
Know my heart still beats for you
Now and till the end of time.

I will know you no matter what face you wear
I'll still know your touch, thoughts, and feel
Even if a millennium passes away,
Darling, I will know you always.

In between creation and dissolution, between the spaces in time
There is a pulse that echoes our name
Never to part, bound by fate
Maybe not in body, but forever in spirit.

Till we are together, let me crave you—
Darling, set fire to this icy soul.

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