«The tinted glass has lost it's colour…» — Summary

The tinted glass has lost it's colour Everything looks so different now Why do your words hurt so much Why don't they feel like a joke

Am I the problem Is it me The way I act The way I speak

Or is it you Who I pampered You, who I allowed to do anything The one I made into something so important to me

Which one of us is it What if it's neither of us Are we just not that compatible Maybe we aren't meant for each other

But what if it's us both If we did something wrong And this is the product Who is it to be blamed

I know the window tinter will come back And I'll see you just the same as before But right now The pain is unbearable

I don't feel happy when I see my friend's messages anymore, it's not funny like it used to be

It's just hurtful

But that's just how they are y'know? They've been like that ever since we met. How dare I complain about something I'm used to Why do I feel like this?

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The speaker is hurting because of someone close to them, and it seems to be a friend, since the prose lines near the end mention a friend's messages. The central image is tinted glass that has "lost its colour." Everything looks different, and words that once passed as jokes now land as wounds.

The poem is full of questions. The speaker wonders whether they are the problem, whether the other person is, whether the two of them just don't fit, or whether both share the blame. None of these questions gets an answer, which makes the confusion feel real. Still, the speaker believes the "window tinter" will return and that things will look the same as before, though the pain right now is "unbearable."

The final lines are the most honest. The speaker feels they have no right to complain, since this is how the friend has always been. The mood is sad, uncertain, and quietly self-doubting.

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