A young woman sits alone in a dimly lit bathroom, her reflection staring back at her, fragmented and distant. The walls feel closer than they should, pressing in as the weight of unspoken words lingers in the air. She is trapped-not by ...See moreA young woman sits alone in a dimly lit bathroom, her reflection staring back at her, fragmented and distant. The walls feel closer than they should, pressing in as the weight of unspoken words lingers in the air. She is trapped-not by walls, but by the echoes of someone else's voice, a voice that has shaped her reality, twisted her thoughts, and stolen her sense of self. Moving through the space, she revisits memories, some sharp like broken glass, others soft but suffocating. The hallway, once a place of passage, becomes a tunnel of recollection-flashes of moments where she was silenced, manipulated, made to question her own mind. Outside, the world moves on, indifferent, while she wrestles with the invisible scars left behind. As she speaks, her words-tentative at first-begin to take form, to hold weight. This is not just a retelling; it is a reckoning. Piece by piece, she starts reclaiming herself, unraveling the lies that kept her bound. The reflection in the mirror shifts; not whole, not yet, but no longer just an echo of someone else's making. She breathes. A simple act, but one that belongs to her. The voice in her head, the one that had always drowned her out, begins to fade. And in its place, hers remains. Written by
Kate Raimond Moore
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