Oh, Wow! I didn't end up getting what I thought I was getting at the beginning! I agree with halfshellvenus's perfectly worded comment - "this is so fascinating and strange. Such an evocative image of a person giving too much of herself-- losing herself-- and still it was not enough.

Now the last shards of her sanity are gone as well, and the future will not be kind." I couldn't have put it into better words myself!