The Moonlight
  • Home
  • Prompts and Contests
  • Contribute / Member Info
    • Submission Link
    • Join Us
    • Club Guidlines
    • Member Spreadsheet
    • Social Media
  • About Us
    • Board
    • Our Mission
  • Spreads
    • Writing
    • Art & Photo

writing

Mirror, Mirror on my Wall

10/31/2018

0 Comments

 
Mirror, Mirror on my Wall
Irene Hao

There it was: the mirror that haunts my dreams
So silver and smooth just like paint. It gleams
Chokes with the artificial smell of pigment
Begging to be broken, but when I struck, no dent

It was a parasite. And not even sleeping pills
Could bring me to paradise, can’t see or stay still
Wasn’t paralyzed, just terrified. Over and over
The only truth: the glass grows clearer as I grow older

Then one day, the mirror approached so near
I saw a mirage, so crystal clear
I saw what is was and cried so many tears
Tears so silver and smooth, and a smell I couldn’t bear

And so I became part of the thing that haunted my sleep,
Parted this world, walked alongside the figure
In silver, not black, the figure who reaps

​
0 Comments



Leave a Reply.

    Writers

    All
    Alice Ni
    Amy Halder
    Andrew Ng
    Aster
    Beracah Lam
    Blue Lemon
    Brian Zhang
    Carolyn Fontanez
    Corinne Pita
    Emily Chen
    Emma Donnelly
    Grace Goldstein
    Grace Ye
    Hiruni Kumari
    Imkay
    Irene Hao
    Jason Xiong
    Jessica Jiang
    JW
    Kimya Firoozan
    Lamia Haque
    Lan Xu
    Lea Shvarts
    Luna
    Maggie Liu
    Maggie Xu
    Misaal Tabassum
    Red Carnation
    Rui Zheng
    Selina Dai
    Sonia Tan
    Syeda Rahman
    Vanessa Lam
    Veronika Kowalski
    XILANHUA
    Zoe Oppenheimer

    Archives

    August 2020
    December 2019
    June 2019
    May 2019
    March 2019
    February 2019
    January 2019
    December 2018
    November 2018
    October 2018
    August 2018
    April 2018
    March 2018
    February 2018
    January 2018
    December 2017

    RSS Feed

Powered by Create your own unique website with customizable templates.
  • Home
  • Prompts and Contests
  • Contribute / Member Info
    • Submission Link
    • Join Us
    • Club Guidlines
    • Member Spreadsheet
    • Social Media
  • About Us
    • Board
    • Our Mission
  • Spreads
    • Writing
    • Art & Photo