Inner Thoughts

Reflections

People look at their reflections a lot. 

In a mirror, in a river, in a puddle, in a stream...

Most are tormented by their reflection in the mirror 

That has their ghost on the other side even when they're gone.

I, for one, am most afraid by the reflections in water.

I can't go outside after a vast rainfall.

The ground manifests into something else. 

It becomes the sky.

And I'm looking down thinking about how long it would take to fall through the sky

and hit the ground again.

There's nothing tangible in the sky.

The clouds slip through my curled fingers like water

and I'm Alice falling through a rabbit hole.

How long will I fall?

Where will I be when day turns to night and I'm not falling through the atmosphere anymore;

I'm floating through galaxies? Through the universe, 

travelling light years away.

Leaving behind everything I know

Losing myself

Travelling to a parallel universe

Trapped in an oblivion

Wandering through the unknown. 

Lost, forgotten, and confused. 

I'm caught in a daze even when it is night.

And that is why, I, I hate looking into my watery reflection. 

So what ever you do, don't ask me to jump in puddles with you because

I will only just fall through.