Reflection

I avoid the mirror everyday

Cause all I see

In my reflection is pain

All I feel while gazing into the mirror

Is the pain being reflected

A mirror is two sided

Like a double edge sword

It shows the good

It shows the bad

And it slices the two to pieces

Looking at my reflection

I see pain

I see loss

I see heartbreak

And I see hope

Hopeful to be whole again

Hopeful to never have bad thoughts

Hopeful to stay alive

Your reflection says a lot

About how you look

And who you are inside

What does yours say?

Are you dumb?

Are you happy outside, depressed in?

Mine says a broken girl, who has many things

Mine says I have no reason to feel the way I do

And yet I can’t fight it

I put up a good face in front of those I care for

But when I’m alone the façade fades

And I’m all alone

You are a human being

A human being that makes mistakes

A human being that learns through those mistakes

A human being that naturally has different faces

One for public

One for friends

One for family

And the one that shows your true feelings when all alone

And when you are standing in front of that mirror

It brings forth the monster inside

The one that tells you that you aren’t good enough

Or pretty enough

Or smart enough

Your reflection says that you need to be better

Smarter

Faster

Prettier

Taller

But what you and I don’t realize

Without our reflection we don’t see who we really are

Without it we don’t realize our flaws make us better

Prettier

Smarter

Faster

Taller

It teaches us that we are who we are

Without our reflection we are nothing