i died yesterday

and you didn't know

too much
the clear distinction between we and us
a perfectionist losing their mirror
this heart has forsaken mercy
venus flytrap vengeance
abandoned by the assumed savior
left under the guillotine
not even an effortless struggle to match
resentment boiling in the pits below
perhaps the tip was plunged in before wielded
spared the empty finale
then trapped
incarcerated in this haunted vessel
it won’t be long