Crestfallen

the girl in the mirror pt. 1

the girl in the mirror | part 1

when i look in the mirror, i don't see myself.

i see a girl who has dark circles under her dull blue eyes-those eyes... they used to be the color of the ocean and they used to shine as if they hold the stars.

i see a girl whose skin have never felt the warmth of the sun for a very long time.

i see a girl who has her long greasy brown hair scattered on the sides of her pallid face.

i see a girl who has bloody chapped lips.

i see a girl with bruises, scars, and fresh wounds from her neck down to her arms.

i lifted those arms and i see her arms move as well.

❝how could that be? i'm not her.❞ i thought out loud.

we both blinked and frowned.

i see more and more scars and bruises on her arms as i look closer.

i felt a sudden pain beneath my feet so i looked down-

shards of glass.

i see shards of glass... and blood-my blood.

i look in the mirror and she's still there.

a tear fell from her eye;

i felt something slide down my cheek.

i see a girl in the mirror staring back at me.

i blinked and i thought she will do the same.

but

the girl in the mirror smiled.

❝i am you. you are me.❞

i shouted, ❝no! that can't be!❞

(to be continued...)