After a long and stressful day at work, I decide to go for a late night drive. It feels like I have been driving for hours. I look at the road signs and have no idea where I am. I look in the distance and see a dark dreary castle. I continue driving down the long winding road. I pull up to the drive way and stop. Ahead of me is a huge gate with skulls all over it. All of the sudden, the gate opens like it is beckoning me to drive through it. So, I step slowly on the accelerator and drive up to the front of the castle. I put my car in park and get out. I stand looking at the huge gloomy castle, then the front door opens. I don’t know why but I go up the stairs and walk inside. Everywhere I look there are mirrors. I look into one the mirrors and see myself crying. I touch my face but there are no tears. The next mirror I see myself with black hair but I no longer have black hair. Then another mirror and another. They all show different emotions and appearances that I have had in my life. This all seems so confusing. They are just mirrors right? What is going on? What is happening to me? Am I losing my mind? Why did I even walk into this place? After awhile I end up in this ballroom and I see a woman dancing. She is so beautiful, some might not think so but I can see her heart. She looks so happy and her eyes sparkled every time she looked at me. I don’t understand. Who is this woman? She walks up to me and holds a mirror in front of my face. By now I really don’t think I want to look into another mirror. She takes her hand, puts it under my chin and lifts my head. The person I see this time is the woman standing in front of me holding the mirror. Is this a trick? I don’t look like this. Ah, but you do the woman says. Only if you look deep inside yourself will you find your true beauty, I am here waiting to come out.
The alarm clock goes off and I open my eyes
4-27-04
