puddles and penance

Rearrange my dna,
make me something new.
A nameless, sweet abomination
Unfit for mortal worlds.

Wreck me, ruin me, rip me apart,
leave me writhing on the floor.
A mangled mess of limbs and love—
all I deserve to become.

Passers-by still shake their heads
with pity and disdain.
I can hear their thoughts,
see disapproval in each face.

“Silly little girl, still sleeps with both eyes closed.
No matter how she’s broken, she’ll never learn a thing.
Who would teach one who’s hopeless, when it’s all in vain?
She lives her life in vain.”

Melt me down and watch me boil
the glass that lines the street.
Keep your eyes on me as I disappear,
as the sun pulls me into the sky.

If I were you, I’d buy an umbrella.
The rain’s about to come.