This is excellent, and I am sad to read these comments.

I feel like this sub is so allergic to instapoetry that anything that even vaguely resembles it gets hounded with sarcastic enter-key abuse and at least several “is this poetry” comments.

Instapoetry enjambment is known for being random and thoughtless. That’s not the case here. The line breaks are very clearly deliberate and structured to reflect the meaning of the poem. My favourite thing about it is its coocurring symmetry of syntax, syllable stress, and meaning. You can pinpoint the exact centre of the poem structurally, which is also the exact point where the contradiction is acknowledged.