POETRY
Mood Lighting
Dave Breslin
I leave the lights out each morning,
as I get ready in the bathroom because I don’t like seeing myself in the mirror against full wattage. I keep telling myself I need to put a dimmer on that switch.
In rooms without mirrors I am always looking to make sure all possible lights are on because for some reason my mood responds negatively to half-assed lighting. It does the same with rainy days and when the sun doesn’t shine.
I’m not sure exactly when it was that I began noticing that I don’t look as good as I’d like in certain lighting but I’m just now realizing that because of it;
The way I look never reflects the way I feel.