Tuesday 14 October 2014

Face in the Mirror





There was something in mirror that haunted her. She was sure that mirror hated her, for every time she looked at herself in the mirror she felt that it was mocking her; her reflection was always either distorted or indistinct.

One day she saw that someone in the mirror was glaring at her. She almost screamed but the reflection in the mirror smiled at her. No, it was not a smile, she said to herself, it was a smirk. She felt terrified and humiliated.     

She could not bear it any longer, the terror and humiliation. 

She reluctantly told him everything. He thought that it was a joke.

“You saw someone inside the mirror? The Mirror hates you? It mocks you?” And he laughed.

She knew she needed hard evidence. As it was he did not have much respect for her. As for love, it had since vanished like morning dew.

She contrived to click a few photographs of the mirror when she saw 'that someone' in the mirror again. She was sure that now she would be able to convince him. But he laughed when he saw that every photograph had his beaming (or was it mocking) face.

She just could not believe her eyes.
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This post is for Magpie Tales 241

20 comments:

  1. Clever take. Very imaginative. Well done.

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  2. Very different on the take I ike it! This reads like flash fiction I want more.

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    1. thanks Bekkie for reading the post, i like your comments, nice

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  3. Both well thought-out and well done...

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  4. Oh yes, your words totally express those times we wish that perhaps we could unsee what we have seen! Lovely write indeed!

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  5. The mirror never lies nor tells the truth , strictly speaking ...

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    1. but our eyes can be misleading, they see what they want to see, thanks for reading it

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  6. Cool Surprise!
    He was there & she could finally recognize!
    Nice she took the pics & then trusted her eyes!

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