i lie here

cold

grief consumes me

is it fate that surrounds me?

do i even believe in fate?

if so, fate is a cruel mistress

she brings nothing but pain

and loneliness

you’ve left me no choice

i should have listened, dear brother

i was the more deceived

“show me the steep and thorny way to Heaven”

unsanctified she remains

Millais, J.E. (1851). Ophelia. Painting, Oil on Canvas. https://artsandculture.google.com/asset/ophelia-sir-john-everett-millais/-wGU6cT4JixtPA