it still sits cast

encased in sleeping pills 

left for me on the nightstand
there they were paired and placed

from your newly branded wedding ring hand
a choice for me which reads ‘choice a’

on a placard left for me on the nightstand
i don’t yet feel complete
at least not until i fall asleep

it still sits cast

draped within a foot of a noose

left for me over the nightstand
there it was tied and tallied

above your newly crowned wedding vale head
be another choice for me which reads ‘choice b’

on a placard left for me on the nightstand
i don’t yet feel complete
at least not until i fall asleep

a stellar spell this is you have cast upon me
it suits me like an actual suit
better fits than a spool of amnesia
though it rides up by pulling me down

it still sits cast

enclosed in a ribbon-topped box

left for me on the nightstand
there it was laid and loaded

from your newly mastered wedding bell stance
i see a choice for me which reads ‘choice c’

on a placard left for me on the nightstand
you don’t yet feel happy
at least not until i’m asleep eternally

a stellar spell this is you have cast upon me
it suits me fitter than an actual suit
better fits than a vote for ‘choice d’
by pulling me down

until you ride up with vacancy in the passenger seat