The day I sat and looked in the mirror I stared: I was looking at me. But it was not me that I saw. My pupils rounded, black trench coats preparing for summer rain my skin relaxed after the ebb and flow of the day I dared not move for there I swearContinue reading “The First Day”
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Darkness
My friend once said, “The scariest thing is looking at a mirror in the dark.” She got me thinking– do I think that is scary? Do you? I glance down a narrow hallway, midnight light etching out the shadow of a moon on the back wall, and wonder why, so often, our reflections scare usContinue reading “Darkness”
The Mirror
Once upon a time I looked into the mirror and saw a chubby face: the image clenched its claws around my throat, promised vengeance on a heart that had been hurt before but never that bad– never by itself. It turns out pain is addictive when you place it all in one hand, oneContinue reading “The Mirror”
Confidence
“Are you a confident being?” my teacher asks of me, my face approaching a mirror I’d rather not see. “Being of what?” I reply, rapping the blackboard my mind picks up chalk and I write: “A tale of confidence.” “It’s the story we need to hear,” I am told on repeat, like a pop songContinue reading “Confidence”
Reaching Joy 