{"id":4661,"date":"2025-09-27T18:35:18","date_gmt":"2025-09-27T15:35:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/axis-v.com\/?p=4661"},"modified":"2026-05-05T18:40:38","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T15:40:38","slug":"if-the-mirror-is-broken","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/axis-v.com\/en\/if-the-mirror-is-broken\/","title":{"rendered":"If the Mirror Is Broken"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Yes. I would press it.<br>I would destroy the World, even knowing<br>That every star would fade, that cities would fall,<br>That the very fabric of Reality would be torn.<br>I would do it \u2013 not out of cruelty,<br>Not out of madness, but out of that certainty<br>That there is no value in a World<br>In which there is no You.<br><br>This World is not an objective Value.<br>This World is merely a Mirror,<br>In which I see your Image.<br>If the mirror is broken \u2013<br>Then what use are its shards to me?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yes. 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