i can see your face in the mirror

looking at me and watching me

i can see her face in the mirror,

following me and laughing at me

i don't remember her name

i can't see your face in the mirror

someone scrubbed you away

i wonder,

what is it like to leave without a trace?

don't know why her face is trapped behind that mirror

i won't lie, this seems like a dumb game

there's someone else in my mirror

or maybe they're just under my face

someone is crawling beneath my skin

i don't know their name

"peel back your teeth and call out her name."

something is hidden behind the mirror

someone is watching me

someone is standing behind me

someone is calling your name

"...film removed from, by the skin of her teeth."

i can see your face in the mirror

do you know my name?

(March 2022)