letter from a side.

i hope it eats you alive

burning each lie

into the deepest parts of your brain

where they will remain

until you die

every night when you said goodbye

“i love you”

was your favorite line

an actor, with a very good disguise

but so was i

focused on your meal while entertaining your side

but a valuable lesson you never understood

my mother always said

never play with your food.

t.g ‘22