[Poem]

Cheers to eternity,

we poured it down the hatch.

A swollen throat, one final note,

and that was to be that.

For one of us would walk forever,

and one of us could rest. But damned we were, now stuck together.

It was just a fucking test.

That so called witch, that stupid bitch,

Out to have a little fun.

"One to sleep, and one to keep,

a body forever young."

And I cared not, which was my lot,

I grabbed the potion on the left.

Down the hatch, I was the catch,

And his punishment was my death.

And then I slept.

In darkness, I found peace.

The cycle broken. Pieces,

scattered beautifully against

a black nothing. I saw glimpses

of him. I saw all of me. In shards

like stars drifting,

shifting.

"But be warned, lovers scorned,

do not look too closely."

There was a pattern in the breaks.

I shut my eyes, but it was blinding.

Grinding my serenity.

Let me be.

I heard his laughter, the night after,

we shared our first kiss.

I saw his grin, felt the stubble of his chin,

Dear God what is this?

The cracks collide and coincide,

FUCK CLOSE YOUR EYES

REST

TESS

Rest

assured, the shards blurred,

my darkness swept away.

Please

stay.

Try as I might, I'm in the light,

in a body I know too well.

For we both died, the groom and bride,

and his body is my hell.

So I leave him clues, in threes and twos,

to remind him I'm fucking here.

And the look I get, from my dear Brett,

Is haunted in the mirror.