CW: Right behind you.

“Reflection”
– a prompt for this week’s CW piece.
[Source: iScribIr]

 

As I step out of the shower
and see the fogged up mirror,
I smile.

My parents always used to marvel
at my bathroom fogging expertise.
“Don’t use your hand to clear the mirror!”
– my mother’s words still ring in my ears
and I reach for a towel to wipe the mirror.
I smile.

The fog in the bathroom is so thick
that the moment I clear the mirror,
it gets covered with mist again.
I continue the battle
with the fog and the mirror.
I sigh.

A cold breeze comes out of nowhere
and envelops me from the back.
I shiver.

For a moment there,
I can see my own reflection,
but something’s wrong.
The mirror fogs back up again.
I sigh.

Another wipe reveals
a reflective surface
and my face.
But it’s not mine.
Leaning in closer,
I see hollow eyes.
A long face.
Sadness
and darkness.
I shudder.

Depression.

It’s always there.

Lurking in the shadows.

Like a basilisk,

hoping you look into its eyes

and get lost forever.

“Not again. I won’t” – I think to myself, as I put on my favorite stilettos and leave the past behind.

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