vanity

sitting at the dresser
eyes trapped in the mirror
staring. wanting...more.
but nothing changes.

lost in the reflection,
vision blurs
and at once, the image is clear:
a million pieces.

every fragment
the remnant of umet expectations,
a graveyard for long forgotten dreams;
a work of picasso.

the image surpasses distortion
as priorities skew beyond recognition,
leaving behind the person once valued above all
only pieces of the self.