"No one wants a compliant, subservient little thing"
She said in class
I looked down at my desk
"Trying only to please others instead of yourself will put you in darkness"
They kept talking about Ophelias
How sad it was
How sad
But they didn't notice the effect their words had
Or the girl crying quietly in the corner
But to be fair
No one ever does

Reviving Ophelia

backwater Ophelias

clamp down on flinting 

ice.

her first blanched splash

floats the many more

of her.

foresworn shockproof 

flowers blush her head,

as they do her toe.

bitter murk cross-eyed...

following along.

still.