Death's Reflection

A grim encounter with a mirror.

I looked eye-locked with death today.
This is what I happened to see:
An unnervingly odd being
that looked exactly like me.

Allergy-red eyes,
caterpillar brows,
a crooked nose;
mid-life jowls.

Receding hair line,
gangly front teeth,
gray whiskers,
and crows’ feet.

“Screw you,” I said.

“You, too,” said Dead.

I begged, “Leave me.”

Dead said,

“When I leave you,

you do with me.
As it has ever been,
and so shall it be.”

Reviews

[Neva Flores Smith - Cha..]

Absolutely incredible! When I leave you, you do with me as it has ever been and so shall it be..........wow! Love this dark write

[KATHY SUE SILLS]

Very intresting and dark!