Reflections

All the things you hate
Won’t look back at you
Failures from the past
Breathing all over you

Left behind
Left out to dry
Could have cried
Can’t say I tried
I simply died

A walking corpse catastrophe
Bringing out the good in me
Telling me I’ll conquer
Not one of my enemies

How dare you look back at me
You held me back a lifetime
You left me back in flames
A storm of hate and names
Screaming and bound in chains

Break away
Don’t stay away
Return me to the alter
Remind me where I faltered
I can’t look up
Can’t hold my bread
Demons are sleeping
Just under my bed

Tell me again
I’m to blame
I’ve always known it
Anyway, thanks
I can’t look back
While you look at me
All I see is terror
From inside the mirror

Who are you
Who am I
Don’t recognize
I’ve realized
It’s me
vandalized
You’re not the person
You thought you’d be
Did you think you’d be
The person you are
Always face to face
With this disgrace