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This weekend marked the two-year anniversary of The Dress: the unfathomably viral photo of a dress that divided the internet for more than a week in 2015 over whether it was blue and black, or white and gold. So it’s appropriate that, on this auspicious date, an equally maddening photo recently started making the rounds online:

The photo was created by Akiyoshi Kitaoka, a…

Love was not afraid ‘of anyone’
‘Our love’ had no hands laid on
We loved without a set address
We travelled on the jet express

No warning, no cause, no sign
Only I returned to mourn ‘U&I’
In an abyss you burn, yet living
Yes! Cruelty is not so forgiving

If you follow a path of resume
Go to the center of the wound
Versus pain there’s no remedy
Love only sees ‘out’, promptly

But… no kiss and no goodbye
Yes! I was brought back to life
Nameless you, too misleading
No! Cruelty is not so forgiving