IISZ 2018 Challenge #2 - Death by Words

[Todd]

And it Came with Roses!

Sweetheart,

you stood there for an eternity       
brushing your teeth 
at the bathroom sink

your awesome little bum                       
wigglin' in those kooky bunny pajamas        
without a worry in the world                
approaching the day like a daredevil          

while I sat self-loathing 
at the end of the bed
in a karmic paralysis                       
of shame
about the night before

how I'd turned
my guilt into your grief                      

how your infinite coolheadedness               
mocked my savage crazy                         

how your sacred tears                           
left me a wounded kitten                        
too weak to be tortured                         

a puppy                                          
asking not to be drowned

Minor point because I do like this. Usually, kittens are the ones to be drowned (thank you, Grandpa, for burning this into my childhood memories). Though any atrocity is possible I guess. I just think this might benefit from flipping the animal references.