Jaguar

The loss of self through someone else.

Red, a garnet vein
Drips into the pool
A shade away from you.

You, with your quiet fangs.

Palm, turned over
My ghost wrist spasms
Carnation sinew spilling.

My eyes sallow.
My eyes amber.
My eyes sorrow.

Turned over, over.
Over.
Drip.

Tears an empty bath
Bitter heart gnawing
Tears a jaguar trap.

Gnaw, gnash, bite
Rip, claw, tear-

My eyes, my eyes.

Drip.
Drip.

Red, a garnet vanity
Bleeds into the soil
Smudged, the mirror.

My face, your jaguar snare.