Mirror, Mirror
The mirror shows her grace. She sees lines and circles, symptoms of fatigue. The mirror shows her softness. She sees curves she'd hoped to quell, gravity in effect. The mirror shows her beauty but all she sees are the lowering remnants of a tired life.
The bathtub is a portal. She opens it with water, bubbles and perfumes. Under the water, the world is only clouds in her ears and warmth at her hips. She is cradled in a womb of her making. She experiences weightlessness and freedom.
She hangs an iron cauldron in her fireplace. She crumbles herbs and whispers chants. She plays at magic as if she believes it will save her from what she sees in the mirror. She's never seen what the mirror shows.
Magic exists, but not where she seeks it. It is in truth and self-acceptance. It is in the level face of a mirror reflecting "real" and "now."
She wanders about her space, sinks beneath the water, surfaces on thoughts of "better" and "try," but never on the wings of hope which is a shame. Because one feather of hope in that cauldron and the veil would be lifted. She would find herself in the mirror. She would see.
As a spirit experiencing a human experience, one of the difficulty we come to face very early on in our lives is to find a differentiation between the reality of our being and what is seemingly ourselves on the outside. Believing what the mirror says so loudly all our lives is like believing the smoking mirrors of truth of the shadows world... I love your writing, its humility, frankness and pace. Thank you for sharing, namaste :)
Thank you @eric-boucher. I think we bring expectations and values that aren't our own to the mirror, and that's when the shadows come in. All people are beautiful, but a lack of center gives a skewed vision. It's hard to get back to grounded when the world seems to be moving at a fast pace and always away from the now we need to stay with. Namaste.
I really appreciate your words of wisdom there, I surely can relate. Usually, the faster and less grounded the world becomes around me, the more I tend to "sit like a mountain", stay put, breathe and slow down. It usually greatly helps. Namaste :)