I can barely fit in the box I was given,
I could barely interact with other children.
I try to squeeze in every day,
I try to see if there is a way
By nightfall, I'm close to suffocating,
Around bedtime, I am deliberating.

My boyfriend thinks nearly the same,
He said the other day,
Even if he were to build a town for me,
I would still find it suffocating and tight,
Like I'm ambitious and selfish,
Always hungry for more, and it's never enough.

Why settle for a palace,
When the world is mine to claim?
My girlfriend is not mindful of certain things,
She calls me a conspiracy theorist,
Says I'm never satisfied or fine with what I have,
I tell her to delve deeper,
No fun in being an NPC.

I let her be delusional in this illusion of peace,
As long as she's fulfilling her purpose,
You know, everybody has their role to play.

So tight, this skin of mine feels,
So hard and stainless, it steals
My soul, heart, and mind must evacuate,
If I tell it straight,
And move into a Baroque-style palace,
Unlimited complexities; I walk with no malice,
Let my being loose in the grandeur halls,
Eventually, catch myself in a free-fall,
And finally, hear all my voiceless thoughts,
My mind, a car that has been...