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The enemy is seen every


The enemy is seen every morning and every night it follows us We avoid it as if its a obnoxious man on the bus It is unavoidable we need to check that we are in tact And in doing so it causes a painful act It sometimes even blinds a human in the eye Making it even more powerful for us to deny It hangs in closets and doors You may sometimes even see it on top of the shores Its a reflection that causes intense emotion We hate the way our body or face and wish we had a potion One to make us happy and content Even if we do a change of direction our reflection is always the everyday enemy that will augment
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