"I Thought I Knew" I watched people. Listened carefully. Analyzed gestures, silences, contradictions. I believed I could understand them. That thought patterns revealed intent. That behavior was a language I had finally learned to read. But I was wrong. Every time I thought I had someone figured out, they shifted. Not dramatically, just enough to remind me that people are not equations. They’re not fixed, not static. One moment, they're open, the next, a closed door you didn’t even know existed. I’ve seen warmth turn to distance without warning. Trust evaporate without reason. Smiles that once meant safety become masks for something else entirely. I thought knowledge was protection. That understanding gave me control. But human beings aren’t something you master. They're something you witness and even then, only in fragments. Now, I carry that awareness like a weight. Not bitter, but humbled. Because the more I learn, the more I realize: no one is ever just one version of themselves. -انيقة