What Do You Mean It's Not Symbolic?

A note from the author-thing: forgive me: on reviewing this it's really, really choppy. And I really didn't check out the symbolism, it pretty much just wrote itself from memory. Oh - next week is going to be hellish, for my work schedule, so I may not post much or lengthy. Starting Friday.

The mind wraps its secrets in symbols.

I don't really like bathing much.

Everything's a symbol, you know?

Sword's a symbol. In this case, it's protection - the best defense being a good offense, you know? One sword.

Water's a symbol. Usually life. In a cup, overflowing, it's emotion, and the connections between people. Three cups total, counting the sing which leaks and therefore never gets used.

Nudity's symbolic. Why do you think "naked in front of a crowd" is such a common recurring dream?

Know what that symbolizes? Vulnerability.

I really don't like bathing.

Three wands, for use on my ears, and with my pentagram that's a full representation of the suits, isn't it?

Single lightbulb? Thought, idea, knowledge, reason, action. "It is better to light a single candle than curse the darkness." Two burned out bulbs. Only one left. Alone in the end.

Everything's a symbol.

Hell, even the hair caught in my brush is a symbol - think, "personal effects for creepy voodoo ritual." Squick.

Ceiling's red. Rage, fire, power, life.

Claustrophobic, tiny little windowless room. Cramped mental space.

Locks and doors are symbols of protection - but you never know what's on the other side of a closed door.

Mirrors, obviously.

Reach far enough and the massive skin irritation from hard water can even be symbolic. Say - let yourself become unguarded against the onslaught of raw emotion and get hurt/inconvenienced/annoyed.

The handprint on the foggy mirror? (Still there from weeks ago, incidentally.)

It's already inside the room.

Y'know, or something.