{"id":1103,"date":"2012-09-02T22:08:56","date_gmt":"2012-09-02T22:08:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/averral.com\/blog\/?p=1103"},"modified":"2012-09-02T22:12:43","modified_gmt":"2012-09-02T22:12:43","slug":"reflection-of-tears","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.averral.com\/blog\/2012\/09\/reflection-of-tears\/","title":{"rendered":"Reflection of Duality"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p>In the reflection of the mirror<br \/>\nA template of my features<br \/>\nIs looking back at me<\/p>\n<p>She is in tears with red swollen eyes<br \/>\nShe looks at me with weakness in her soul<br \/>\nHer vulnerabilities exposed in the open cold<\/p>\n<p>Her fears, uncontrolled, raging like demons<br \/>\nConsume her from within, her heart eaten alive<br \/>\nThe anguishing pain, so painful, so painful it hurts<\/p>\n<p>She holds her breath, trying not to breathe<br \/>\nSo that the pain no longer hurts, the recurring nightmares stopping to exist<\/p>\n<p><em>In her reflection, she sees me.<br \/>\n<\/em><br \/>\nThrough the mirror, I have no fear in my eyes<br \/>\nI paint my lips red, in preparation of the night<br \/>\nI put on exquiste jewelry to match my black dress<\/p>\n<p>I strap my stiletto heels to my ankles<br \/>\nReady for the dance floor<br \/>\nBecause tonight, there is only one queen<br \/>\nAnd the world is ready for her to conquer.<\/p>\n<p><em>In the game of chess, the queen protects her king<\/em><\/p>\n<p>There is no one else, except You and I<br \/>\nIn this mirage of white and grey<br \/>\nI see beauty in your imperfections<br \/>\nYour life-force, addictive to kiss<br \/>\nI caress the scars from war on your skin<br \/>\nYour soul merging into mine<br \/>\nA bite&#8230; that is all it takes<br \/>\nTo express my love for you<\/p>\n<p><em>Join me&#8230; and you will be immortal. <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the reflection of the mirror A template of my features Is looking back at me She is in tears with red swollen eyes She looks at me with weakness in her soul Her vulnerabilities exposed in the open cold Her fears, uncontrolled, raging like demons Consume her from within, her heart eaten alive The [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[9],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v16.0.2 - 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