HATE.
Prompt 1
Mariya Guz
Age: 21
Location: St Andrews
Written: 29 November 2024, re-drafted 2 November 2026
Photo by Bailey Tolentino
Narcissus Dearest
You've built my prison from Your mirror
Narcissus Dearest
grasped my body by the neck
gulping my air, gripping my mouth
forcing me under until the waves calm
my cold corpse a frozen vision
of what You want to see of us in Your reflection
with vacant eyes i see You longing
for the love You felt from something
wearing my face
echoes of Your desires are trapped
amongst the tide
eroding stone into pebbles and me?
i stir bubbles throbbing at your ankles, growing to your knees
REMEMBER
the currents You wove between my legs
the prison You charmed me into
Narcissus Dearest
is inescapable
my ribs burdened, bracing
a bag full of rocks
Your eyes leak rain
rippling on the glassy coffin
of what You killed
a cold corpse You can't see is cold beyond
Your idea of me