\u201cJust a few more days\u201d, she said. These last few days will be the longest, I thought.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Every night I sit in the balcony for hours watching the stars change their design. I smoke, I think about her, I get agitated, I demand her presence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It\u2019s beyond reminders. It\u2019s beyond longing. It\u2019s beyond yearning. I look around and realise everything else is waiting too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The empty chairs. My clothes scattered around the sofa. My backpack ready for the expedition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Empty cigarette boxes. Old lighters. The mirrors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The kitchen. The balcony. Everything else is waiting too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I share the sentiment of the mirror, as she\u2019s not in front of it doing her skin care. How content must the mirror be when she pulls a chair in front of it and sits down to get ready.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Like the anaar, mirrors have always been there. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The tension on her face as she accidentally broke the glass reflected on one of its pieces as I picked it up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The mirror in Florence, the ruining of her makeup.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The mirror in Amalfi, me putting the pomo on her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The mirror in Verona, the warm yellow lights above it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I thought of all of this while I accidentally looked at the mirror, realising it\u2019s sadder than me. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
How content must the mirror be when she fixates her gaze upon it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I find myself lost in her eyes. Hallucinations. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Her hypnotising eyes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Her face, my mirror.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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