VISUAL PROMPT
by Sans @ deviantart.com/Sanskarans

Write a story titled "When I Look in the Mirror".
When I Look In The Mirror
They say that the world is different in everyone’s eyes. Whether it be the beholder who sees beauty, or the rose tinted which see through emotion no sight is the same. If the world we all see differs, then how can we say we see how others view ourselves just by using a slab of glass?
In a world where how one perceives and is perceived what can you do when you cannot see yourself? A mirror is a tool for insight into the living, but not for the living dead. The elders stuck in their old ways see no reason to ponder how the world has changed. They see no fault in continuing to drain the young of their future without reflecting upon themselves!
A rant into the sky or an empty mirror helps nobody to progress, but to show the progenitors just how decrepit they are would be a threat. So, you and I sit behind the many panes of glass and detail plans or goals to change the world and condemn the past. We talk big game of riots and revolutions. Dream of being heroes or finding saviors. We look inward towards who we dream to be!… But, the second we plan to turn dreams into reality the fear or plausibility sinks in. We know who we are. We know what the world is now. We know it does not take kindly to those that seek change… In the mirror we see hope that blinds us, and flaws that do not exist in others eyes. In the mirror I see myself after having been worn down by the world. What do you see?