transformation · identity crisis · self-discovery · metamorphosis · introspection · new beginning · personal evolution
The sun cuts through the blinds, painting stripes across your rumpled sheets. You groan, and the sound is deeper, rougher than it should be—a stranger's voice in your own throat. You shuffle to the bathroom, still wrapped in sleep's haze. The mirror shows you a face almost like yours, but remade: a harder jaw, shoulders squared, a body that doesn't quite fit your memory. You stare, fingertips pressing against the cold glass. This is you now. What comes out of your mouth?