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Distorted


I’d like to shatter

this distorted reflection of my past.

 

The warped image

that strikes back at me

blinds me

repulses me.

 

This person

with a superficial gaze

haughty brows

and unforgiving mouth

isn’t

(wasn’t)

me.

 

Someplace beneath;

I’d like to free.

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