mistresst

I beat myself then
To conquer self-love
With self-loath.
I ate my heart out
To purge my strength
To binge on guilt.
I fucked myself raw
With toys of fear
In selfish harems.

I ate fingernails for breakfast
I cut hair for a living
I built forts in the bathtub

To hide
From a world
That would have me
As I am