Mirror
I stood before it, and I saw a ghost hovering over me.
Like a specter that watched me ever since immemorial. It grew with me, watched me along the way. And yet I never did the same to it.
It screamed one day, when I fell into depression. He must’ve experienced a bad day in that world of his. The specter looked at me and smiled sadly; there was nothing I can do.
When my heart fell apart, I consulted him, but all I saw were tears in his eyes, and blood stained his hand; it must’ve killed someone in that other world. The specter looked at me, his onyx eyes seemed frosted with ice. There was nothing I can do.
When I laughed and smiled, he was laughing and smiling all the way too. I would come and go and see him there, as if to check on me casually. But what really puzzled me is how he can copy my movements so perfectly…
I gasped; it was a realization of a simple fact.
But I cannot help but hide it. The specter just smiled and waved me off. ‘Just go there and have fun’ I read in his lips ‘Come on, don’t mind me in this world. I can deal with it’
‘What makes you say that?’ I would ask.
The specter merely smiled ‘Because you’re the one who’s smiling, not me’
I would’ve answered, had I not turned off the light.
It was a beautiful day; I wouldn’t waste my time in the gate to that other world I cannot reach.
After all, I’m sure he’s enjoying himself over there, thinking the same thoughts as I have.
And perhaps he realized I’m jumping off a building.
He must be smiling.
