THE DEVIL IN THE MIRROR

jerry KWATCHEY
@kwatcheyjerry128608
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#poetry
THE DEVIL IN THE MIRROR
A CINEMATIC SIMU PIECE

Not every devil hides in fire.
Not every monster lives in the underworld.
Not every darkness comes from the shadows.

Sometimes the devil we search for is not seated in a volcanic throne,
deep in the bowels of the earth,
lighting a Cuban cigar with molten lava,
trident in hand,
laughing that theatrical, ancient, villainous laugh
that sounds like fee… fia… foo…
plotting whose blood to taste next.

No.

Sometimes the devil is quieter.
Closer.
Patient.

Sometimes he lives inside us,
nestled between our fears, our impulses, our regrets,
waiting for the exact moment when truth and weakness collide.

He doesn’t roar
he whispers.
He doesn’t chase
he waits.
He doesn’t strike
he suggests.

And the greatest battle you will ever fight
will not be against demons made of smoke and fire,
but the one wearing your own reflection.

For the mirror does not lie.
It reveals the part of you
you pretend not to see.
The version forged in old wounds,
shaped by forgotten choices,
strengthened by every silence you refused to break.

Most people look away.
Most blink.
Most flinch.

Only a few
a rare, dangerous few
have the courage
to stare into that mirror
and meet the beast within
head-on.

Because the truth is this:

The devil is not always the one who tempts you.
Sometimes the devil
is the one you’ve allowed yourself to become.

And facing him
is the beginning
of becoming something greater.

A Reflection from the SIMU Collection.

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