She kept reaching.
She watched them wither around her
and smiled.
Sacrificing the weakest
There was always more to be had.
No one tried to stop her.
Until the ground beneath her
began to dissolve.
She reached.
It slipped away.
Baffled,
she asked to be taken in.
They refused.
She demanded.
No one answered.
She threatened.
They laughed.
She chose the weakest among them.
She was ignored
She tried again.
Until she was invisible.
Left with only her voice
She stood in the square,
tall and certain,
and screamed.
