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the reflection

June 11, 2018
By this_unflower PLATINUM, Lincoln, Rhode Island
this_unflower PLATINUM, Lincoln, Rhode Island
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Favorite Quote:
i will never understand<br /> why you held me<br /> if you were afraid of warmth<br /> <br /> you should have known<br /> i was fire<br /> <br /> - Rupi Kaur , the sun and her flowers


my reflection was unidentifiable,

it betrayed no truths in its glassy planes

what I saw wasn’t

broken


I pushed myself inside it to look

gouged out it’s eyes

broke its jaw

twisted its neck

caressed its heart in my hand

before I crushed it in my fist and

found nothing in the darkness left behind

It was a shell looking back at me

gaping wide and emotionless


I threw myself into it

Into me

Into the glass

Into the image

until my shoulder bled

until the mirror cracked

until the glass caved

until it

broke

broke

broke

until I recognized myself its reflection

 

-2:41 p.m.


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