a response, even though none was asked for

[tanvi]

i often look in the mirror. not for vanity, or to see how i look, but merely just to look, and to think. you say you look because you won't judge yourself. i do the opposite. i stare at my face so long and hard, scrutinizing it, that i no longer recognize myself. the face reflected back to me is not my own. it is some girl's face who i do not know

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[venal]

On a side note, those damn seagulls have been irritatingly loud this week. Damn birds.

i never read that before

[anonymous]

i wonder if you're addressing me. i think you must be--but what do i know. and if it is me, i wonder what you're responding to.
and i know exactly what you mean and i feel the same way--mirror time is time to get to know yourself. so important. i remember the first time i realized that was me in the reflection and i was pretty scared by the red face staring back at me. i didn't think that person looked like me--i was completely different. i remember many times looking in the mirror and feeling really insecure. strange how at some point the mirror became a source of security. i remember looking at you through the mirror, we would look at our collective reflections. as if we were analyzing us--as a couple. i saw a pair, in love, staring back from the mirror. what did you see?