a glimpse of the brightness i once saw radiate from you shined for me one last time as you laid on my floor and told me how much you loved your nine year-old brother.
after you left that night, i dreamt of you.
i was walking alone and saw you standing in a snow covered field. the real you. in your purest form you manifested as your father. covered in gashes bones piercing through skin oozing with blood and pus and venom
you opened your mouth as if to speak but anything you might've had to say was drowned out as the poison poured onto the sneakers your mother bought you for christmas.