A Cage, By Any Other Name . . .

Will it really feel like heaven if I have to kill 
so much of myself to get there?
Will they care that I am missing 
all of my most interesting parts
or will they simply be pleased that I am the right shape.

Will ghosts of my lost potential doggedly pursue 
me, even in eternity
Whispering, amidst the celestial choirs, an 
eternal damnation of the sweetest strains.
Will they notice me bleeding out on the mansion floors?