I see something

Something that is me

Something that’s uncanny

I smile

She smirks

I frown

She laughs

This isn’t a normal mirror

And this isn’t me

This is a nightmarish version

Of myself

That I grimace at the look

Of her unhinged eyes

I breath slowly

Then faster

I feel cold hands around my neck

Is she choking me

I turn around to see

That she has stepped outside of the mirror

I awakene...

It took 5 days to leave

To leave someone you “love”

5 days

To decide to break all your promises

5 days to ruin someone’s

Perception of love

Their body

Their soul

Their mind

For someone else

You don’t even know

5 days after a years worth of

Unwavering

Faith

Loyalty

Love

For the pleasure of lust

It was a one night stand

Let’s all be adults and admit that

You had no feelings whatsoever ...

I clocked out of work early, excited to see the woman I just married months before. We had just got off our honeymoon and I got some flowers on the way home. “Is this for Isabela?” The woman at the register looked at me and smiled like she knew something I did not. “Umm yea.. I’m sorry do I know you? I didn’t see you at our wedding?” She laughed. It sounded like nails on a chalkboard. I winced and...

I stumble upon a new land

Hoping to leave the old one behind

The pain

The memories

The tears

As well as the illusion of happiness I had all along

I go deeper within the trees

Hoping to find anything or everything

The warmth of the sun

Turning cold

And the trees

Barren

What I thought was the worst

Wasn’t?

But…that didn’t make sense

Why?

I was promised a paradise

No.

I wasn’t

I knew the ris...