The Girl in the Mirror

I look in the mirror
I don’t recognize 
The girl staring back at me
She’s not the girl
She was when she 
Started this school
She’s not the girl
Who cried every night 
About what her mother did
She’s not the girl worried
About where her father is
She’s content with who she is
She’s not the girl who hated 
Walking through the hallways
Afraid of the people who would stare
She’s not the girl who used to
Wear baggy clothes every day
She doesn’t care what others think of her
She’s the girl who was influenced by her friends
She’s the girl who enjoys life to the fullest
Even when she does not want to 
She feels insecure sometimes 
She gets upset Sometimes 
But she doesn’t let that control her
She controls it
Because the girl in the mirror
Is finally okay with who she really is.