Marie Ortiz. “I’m so blue all the time”
FACT: poison runs through your blood and adapts to the viscosity, making it harder to detect.
OPINION: you said you do not love me. you said you cannot bear the sight of my tear-stained face. you said that it would be best for the both of us if you left.
FACT: per 100,000 people, 30.9 died from poison in 2022. poison can affect all different bodily functions.
there is one in your cardiovascular system.
OPINION: you say you love someone else. you kiss their knuckles and pull their hair. they trace the scar on your shoulder.
FACT: they can never leave such an impact on you. they cannot want you the way I have. the way I do. you are a fool for believing otherwise. the poison is beginning to outnumber your white blood cells.
OPINION: you believe that you can ween me from your necessities. you believe you can cut off my shoots, unaware of how deep the roots twine. you think your infatuation with them is enough to sever mine.
FACT: the poison is about to drip into your right atrium. your liver wasn’t strong enough to eat it away. if you had just needed me more…
OPINION: your heart is strong enough with them. you are strong enough.
FACT: I truly am sorry, but it is too late to find your antidote in me.