wake up, up, up.
feet touch ground.
upright now.
start walking towards door.

metal feels cold, cold, cold.
door knob turns.
door opens.
walk through door.

walk down the endless hallway, hallway, hallway.
feel for door.
open it.
walk in bathroom.

feet touch cold tiles, tiles, tiles.
clothes shed to the ground.
snake looses it's skin.
open the shower curtain.

shower head spurts cold water, water, water.
step in the freezing ice.
beginning to change to fire.
fire and ice: sizzle, crackle.

finally, waking up, up, up.
water coaxes me back to sleep.
with it's shhh.
water turns off.

towel swaddles my body, body, body.
time engulfs morning.
back in room.
barely awake.

look in the mirror, mirror, mirror.
girl staring back, hates me.
girl staring back, looks at her, with disgust.
I look at her with disgust.

the hated mirror girl, girl, girl.
only recently came by.
only visits in dark times.
why, then? why then?

sees herself in her mind, mind, mind.
looks at mirror.
sees compilations of people.
but not her.
no, not her.

where has she gone, gone, gone?
is she still in the shower, shower, shower?
is she still in her dreams, dreams, dreams?
is she lost forever, forever, forever?
trapped, trapped, trapped.
in forever, forever, forever.