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Written on the 4th July 2021

I’m done playing games

 always trying to be nice

A narcissist’s mood

 is like rolling a dice

Never quite sure

what you’ll get on each throw

One day they love you

The next day maybe no

It’s exhausting trying

not to take it to heart

Emotionally draining

Trying to figure out my part

Utter confusion

seems to be my norm

Hot, cold or simply

 nonchalantly lukewarm

 So, I’m opting out

of playing this game

doing the only thing that

 might keep me a little sane

Dr Ramani, my hero

is vocal about

Taking back your power

 learning to break out

From the emotional hold

that they so easily lord

When polite conversation

leaves you invalidated

ignored

An intentional technique

to help you step out of the loop

That undermines their efforts

to undermine you

This strategy involves

becoming the most boring S.O.B.

Like an uninteresting grey rock

 that’s what I need to be

Stop intentionally engaging

relinquish my desire to connect

Understand how their manipulation

continually affects

Perfunctory greetings

I’m going to be pretty much deadpan

Could removing expectations

 lesson their upper hand?

Perhaps what Dr Ramani

says might actually be true

That the narcissist might simply

get bored with you?

Without feeding into their need

 for manipulative control

 Stepping out of their drama

 learning to let go