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stained mirror

by @pedrogarcia

dirty white cap, once pristinely perfect but carelessly soiled by ignorant hands chipping green walls, a gentle calming color breaking away piece by piece to flaunt its original ugly palette Socks with holes, big and small, taken for granted and willingly allowed to continue in poor shape generously filled bottles of cologne, unused and untouched, a dream presentability accompanied by aroma shattered by melancholy indifference empty soda cans, an adoration for sweet sensation followed by a bittersweet regret in rotten yellowed teeth grease stained shirts, a consequence of gluttonous irresponsibility as well as a tragic reminder of one's forgotten delicate care wrinkled oxford shirts and lost pairs of cufflinks, to lose touch with formalities and absorb a lifestyle without need to dress with pride this house has no coasters, tables are decorated with ring stains interlocking, each one the same short story: "whoops" once glimmering and shining silver, tarnished and neglected, now shine dully whilst sitting idly untouched hair is a tangled mess, face is chaotically barbaric, body is an instrument out of tune, a person whose had a falling out with biological pleasantries where the ambition to improve becomes absent, an abysmal house suffers and low ambition discourages change of mindset a dirty mirror, in it the reflection of a stranger, eyes with no spark and an empty expression frankly, it would appear its visage happier than mine, our faces and our surroundings look the same but the cloud that looms over me cannot be reflected
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Written by
pedrogarcia
American
Published
Jun 26, 2016
Time
2m
Notes

Depression affects a person more than just mentally, digging yourself into a hole is easy, digging yourself out is not.

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