pounding on the pavement
her daily self-enslavement
burning candles to their wicks
refusing to rest even when sick
depleting reserves of calcium
her obsession with carpe diem
will undoubtedly begin to cripple
her; the most powerful are still brittle
second strongest bone in the body
repetitive tears and wounds slowly
lining up in a sinister fashion
til they align, a twisted constellation
a final crack, sounds like a whip;
mental health gives way; she trips
tiny little stress fractures
they all eventually break her