{"id":1361,"date":"2026-06-15T18:39:40","date_gmt":"2026-06-15T18:39:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christoskoutsis.com\/?p=1361"},"modified":"2026-06-15T18:39:03","modified_gmt":"2026-06-15T18:39:03","slug":"the-ghosting-is-your-mirror","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christoskoutsis.com\/en\/the-ghosting-is-your-mirror\/","title":{"rendered":"The ghosting is your mirror"},"content":{"rendered":"<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WLiZk092Xo4?si=ig-44M3_xOiERZ-h\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<iframe data-testid=\"embed-iframe\" style=\"border-radius:12px\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/album\/2PROCyjCotGlxEvtUXBE9J?utm_source=generator&#038;si=2c51e0ce2c6843bb\" width=\"100%\" height=\"352\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-palette-color-7-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-75bfa61e205726206dc8fa987a3be93e wp-block-paragraph\">I grew up believing<br>that every problem had a voice<br>Every wound had a story<br>Every silence was a choice<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-palette-color-7-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-6b811c15ed073d9e33d42345be79585f wp-block-paragraph\">You could hate me<br>You could blame me<br>You could tell me I was wrong<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-palette-color-7-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-db2ea3b45fb2f9d8d9a7cb8629eb027d wp-block-paragraph\">But don&#8217;t stand there acting<br>like I never came along<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-palette-color-7-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-a5059eb91ea3974b134f798c82fe4a28 wp-block-paragraph\">I&#8217;ve been cursed<br>I&#8217;ve been broken<br>I&#8217;ve been left behind before<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-palette-color-7-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-d9c87890e4f7c77a42783a0905e38e8e wp-block-paragraph\">But nothing cuts much deeper<br>than becoming something people ignore<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-palette-color-7-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-28fd4fb96718d0a2ff26708a03ee47dd wp-block-paragraph\">Not a man<br>Not a memory<br>Not a chapter in their life<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-palette-color-7-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-269bab2786d8841be036ff81b7068e6e wp-block-paragraph\">Just another notification<br>swiped away into the night<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-palette-color-7-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-6b6af1f20bbf9b914caf91b9f6a43cf4 wp-block-paragraph\">The ghosting is your mirror<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-palette-color-7-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-641ae1738f257f55bc90ac7a10146004 wp-block-paragraph\">Look at what you became<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-palette-color-7-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-8c75a7c0c33a8f5a7fc6fc0b287b54e3 wp-block-paragraph\">Every soul you leave unanswered<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-palette-color-7-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-5d1f17ee14607318ad2ea0f576a4d9db wp-block-paragraph\">Leaves a shadow with your name<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-palette-color-7-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-1d7da0b303aa078d6c886f47300c7a35 wp-block-paragraph\">The ghosting is your mirror<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-palette-color-7-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-e4ae88e7f574aff63e0f2a4c80133843 wp-block-paragraph\">The reflection doesn&#8217;t lie<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-palette-color-7-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-5ba81f00b0931058476148a0b45ad486 wp-block-paragraph\">Every bridge you choose to burn<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-palette-color-7-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-db990da4c59cfcc921571e862dfea6ff wp-block-paragraph\">Takes a piece of you alive<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-palette-color-7-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-af13e13b7915d512611d29df44cc6f4e wp-block-paragraph\">Now we speak in little symbols<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-palette-color-7-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-474eb39bd6674169262e535abdf45a36 wp-block-paragraph\">Tiny hearts and little hands<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-palette-color-7-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-30371bcffc906c46c804c469e4948516 wp-block-paragraph\">Like human beings somehow fit<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-palette-color-7-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-e4774487ddd606acb3237b0acf94ba9f wp-block-paragraph\">Inside programmed commands<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-palette-color-7-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-bed65ccdf6b83e20f7bb2c8acc387744 wp-block-paragraph\">Everybody&#8217;s connected<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-palette-color-7-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-60ce751097bb27762b744ccfef49477f wp-block-paragraph\">But nobody is there<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-palette-color-7-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-5e6a7bd06df5028b02ccbb3eb1746777 wp-block-paragraph\">Millions talking every second<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-palette-color-7-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-99337b847b0c5952062f9f5837ef744d wp-block-paragraph\">And nobody seems to care<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-palette-color-7-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-60d2f45c021afb2c5a5c5b07fea18f74 wp-block-paragraph\">Say you&#8217;re angry<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-palette-color-7-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-3fb17914909da5f788e1c17cfbd06828 wp-block-paragraph\">Say you&#8217;re leaving<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-palette-color-7-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-0678011c626c74642dde9f171047e300 wp-block-paragraph\">Say you never want me near<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-palette-color-7-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-8e712ac96a37e59bcd46e10312c5e7a6 wp-block-paragraph\">But have the courage to be human<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-palette-color-7-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-8f9b5b29320654b9c10e21a3670eb009 wp-block-paragraph\">Instead of disappearing<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-palette-color-7-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-d43cf5be692cfd128b997427704591c7 wp-block-paragraph\">Because absence isn&#8217;t wisdom<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-palette-color-7-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-4ea6496c990be5cf9afe2e7ef7f92420 wp-block-paragraph\">And silence isn&#8217;t grace<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-palette-color-7-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-3572a410220d24de5352cdb8a32a6a19 wp-block-paragraph\">Sometimes it&#8217;s just fear hiding<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-palette-color-7-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-11ca35f99f1acf1aaa397f4f355dc954 wp-block-paragraph\">Behind a digital face<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-palette-color-7-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-0f8a1b4ef92587ff62e7581aeb651508 wp-block-paragraph\">The ghosting is your mirror<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-palette-color-7-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-aa3ff2879d07a11661d4f947b6d6b38b wp-block-paragraph\">Look at what you became<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-palette-color-7-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-cda7f893db55e21cc180a473c5caf83f wp-block-paragraph\">Every soul you leave unanswered<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-palette-color-7-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-5add0d48fb457a5543c34b26d20bce8f wp-block-paragraph\">Leaves a shadow with your name<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-palette-color-7-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-171f4be6f3721fc81677afe4743e8903 wp-block-paragraph\">Maybe that&#8217;s what scares me<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-palette-color-7-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-c83ef68deefdd69f075019d0e98401d6 wp-block-paragraph\">Maybe that&#8217;s what&#8217;s true<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-palette-color-7-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-ee28fbb5281ec991afdc8dee1420724e wp-block-paragraph\">Everything I see outside<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-palette-color-7-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-f48e7a4c67aa813bc1ad258d780ac688 wp-block-paragraph\">Already lives in you<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-palette-color-7-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-b883b3e47269c4b1100bf0a4e99a4caf wp-block-paragraph\">The kindness<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-palette-color-7-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-38e6b6612304d97c2f8501d11c409510 wp-block-paragraph\">The cruelty<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-palette-color-7-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-cb25533cd914aaf3eb1c5fdbf2d8c857 wp-block-paragraph\">The love<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-palette-color-7-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-7f9ea46c3ee884600b8798e3a2ed467a wp-block-paragraph\">The fear<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-palette-color-7-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-326792c776f53cb3f5c202272e1e7c9f wp-block-paragraph\">The lies<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-palette-color-7-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-8bc9951004b9ab66141659ad1ceeb04f wp-block-paragraph\">The pain<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-palette-color-7-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-7dabc47718165fcf36ca95ef90972fd7 wp-block-paragraph\">And every time we kill a conversation<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-palette-color-7-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-9a9679fe6535430e671587028b661d9b wp-block-paragraph\">Something human dies again<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-palette-color-7-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-1aabeaf21aeab9e6c9aef0317cdeffdd wp-block-paragraph\">You think you&#8217;re walking away from me\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-palette-color-7-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-5ef120b2d86405f45fcb3729497f0c55 wp-block-paragraph\">Maybe that&#8217;s the story you tell yourself\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-palette-color-7-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-352b4288f86b3209954feb49ffb33529 wp-block-paragraph\">Every time you refuse real communication\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-palette-color-7-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-f710e21df67fa89d7108368d507baa35 wp-block-paragraph\">Every time you erase a human being\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-palette-color-7-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-622dbcc18f2f41130cf68c939146a9f6 wp-block-paragraph\">Every time you choose silence instead of truth\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p 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