I keep seeing her dying of thirst while everyone else drinks. If your chest hurts reading this, your body already knows the price of being “generous.”

I swallowed the key. Everyone who loved the compliant queen turned and walked away. Good.

Inbox full of thank-yous, rituals perfect, applause loud… and most nights your chest still hurts. This is what spiritual fragmentation actually feels like.

I looked in the mirror and saw two women: one in full costume, one burned to bone. Only one walked out alive