Preservation
Everyone loves the idea of being written about,
when it captures the beauty
of their love,
but when the subject transitions
to jealousy,
malice,
naiveté,
selfishness,
immaturity,
the desire for their actions
to be preserved in a piece vanishes,
for they only want to be painted
in a rose-colored light,
rather than their honest truth
being reflected back at them
-POE(MS)
