The Mirror Misses Nothing. The Shadow Misses Everything.
What we see in others is often what we refuse to see in ourselves.
We don’t meet people as they are.
We meet reflections - bright, curated, familiar.
Or shadows - blurred, elusive, shaped by absence.
The mirror reflects what we expect to see.
The shadow hides what we refuse to notice.
Sometimes we call it connection,
but it’s choreography:
our image dancing with theirs,
our fears casting silhouettes on their gestures.
To truly see someone
requires stepping beyond the mirror,
and into the shadow -
not to chase what’s missing,
but to notice what we’ve never dared to name.
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