The Doorway to the Soul Lies

"People say the eyes are the gateway to the soul. However, when I look in the mirror, all I can see are pitch black, soulless orbs staring back at me. A monster, an ugly face, reflects and I wonder. Is that really me? I strove everyday to prove the mirror right. The mirror must have reflected my true self. Or so I thought. When I finally became the soulless monster I wanted to be, I realized that I lost who I was, my individuality by doing so. As I trailed my fingers along the glass, "I" moved within the mirror. I stared in horror as the insane figure in the glass pointed her finger at me, and laughed. "I" said, "I never liked you, with your ebony black eyes and pretty face. Made me so jealous. Then you saw me. And you wanted to become me. I got what I wanted. No one should be as perfect as you were. I can now proudly say I am you." I fell to my knees. The mirror had lied to me. I became what I swore I wouldn't become. I had conformed. I became a monster that was so adamant into believing that I should be "me" that I lost sight of who I really was. To the outside eye, I was perfect. However, inside, I knew I was broken and gone. I was gone, replaced with "I." A soulless monster. And to this day, I always wonder. Is who I am now the true me? Yet all I can answer was, the world had lied to me, my mirror, my gateway to the soul, has lied to me. I can no longer be me. The moment I realized that, I decided that in a week's time I would jump off the highest cliff. A fitting death. As I plunge down, I'll be meeting "me" through the reflection of the water, and the other side." People from all over the world, tried to get what they want, to strive to be the perfect person within the mirror of the mind. The beautiful, confidant, sophisticated person they want to be. However, by trying to reach there, they lose themselves. For what they see in the mirror is dark mist, an illusion that blocks their true selves. Mankind strives for perfection. Is it truly worth it?