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Printed from https://writing.com/main/books/entry_id/880757-mirrored-fate
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by Rhyssa Author IconMail Icon
Rated: 18+ · Book · Contest Entry · #2081410
my entries for the Construct Cup
#880757 added April 29, 2016 at 2:18am
Restrictions: None
mirrored fate
I thought my fate was you,
but you were gone.
church bells tolled
your death knell,
and I was left hollow
by your absence
to wander through
forgotten alleys
and rain darkened streets,

until, lost at some forgotten shop,
unseen and overlooked,
I entered, uncaring what
I might find.
my life was dust.

I passed trunks
and jewels,
tapestries, and one
unadorned ring,
skeletal hands
beating heart rhythms,
books whose pages
whispered secrets,
swords and staves—
and nothing
spoke to me until I saw
your mirrored shadow dancing,
and I stopped.

that mirror is old,
whispered three voices
in unified discord.
beware, for he catches
those who gaze too long
singing empty promises.
he seeks someone to share
his fate.

I turned, but three
women were winking
their one eye
and turning away—
and I forgot their warning
because in that mirror
I almost saw you.

I reached to your image
touched hands through glass,
stepped through—

but you vanished
and I was trapped.
my sorrow feeds him,
he will not let me go,
and I dwindle, forgetting you
forgetting me
inside this ornate gilt frame.

Prompt for: April 28, 2016

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