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[Verybnice]

Writing prompt >>>> anyone else want to give their emotions around mirrors? I’m curious
Staring into the mirror

Drip.
Drop.
Drip…
Rhythmic.
The steady beat seemed to be the only thing solid enough to channel my focus.
Hypnotic
The cold bathroom tile felt like my heels had been magnetized to draw me towards it.
Lately it felt like being…
here...
grew more difficult by the second.
I search for something, anything to tether me to the moments around me.
And sometimes i don’t…
maybe I cant.
Sometimes i catch myself~ floating, thinking, daydreaming?
Almost ethereal.
But then it shatters.
And I have learned that few things are more difficult than feeling your surroundings crumble.
Hollow
Or not
Some days it’s so difficult
Even the simplest of things
So odd to think that when normals look in the mirror they are granted their reflection
Black and white
Solid and authentic
But not for me
For me
Reflections play games
I’ve always been told I have a strong mind
An impressive imagination
It doesn't matter how hard I look, the mirror shows me what I believe.
What I know.
What I fear.
It hurts to look
But wouldn’t you rather know what you’re facing?
And then there are those fleeting moments
Like faerie glamour shifting
For a split second, as I turn away for the hundredth time shattered by the projections i’ve
scrutinized...
It’s me
For a flash
Confused
Sceptic
Excited
And maybe
Just maybe
Not that i’d allow myself to think it
Not really
But
Almost
Scared
More hollow than I would ever let myself believe~ in every way imaginable.

[hippo-hips]

Mirrors are supposed to tell me what I look like, if my eyeshadow matches the other eye, if my eyeliner is even, and if my hair is flat. I use the mirror to see if I have correct form when I workout. I look to it for answers but sometimes end up more confused than ever. It's hard to look at myself objectively.