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Cracked Reflection
I stared deep into the water
And saw me staring there
Every second the image faltered,
I realized that I care.
I took a look into a mirror
To see inside of me,
and to my very horror
it was gruesome to be seen.
I'm twisted and I'm cracked,
I'm broken and I'm shattered,
I've been dropped after being sacked,
and that I broke only mattered.
The very things that I loved,
Were my demise in the end,
And in a replay I am shoved
by a most beloved friend.
The mask that I hid behind,
so delicate in make
I now seem to find
in it so many little breaks
Makeup no longer clearly marked,
but smudged and rubbed out,
it seems like on a cliff's edge I've parked
to plummet after giving shout.
Hair turned black and burned to ash,
deep valleys in pale land,
I take one look around before I stash
a group of razors in my hand.
I can't hide anylonger like I used to
I can't even seek retreat,
Hiding among the shadows in lieu
of being there is now an impossible feat.
I've woken up a shattered reflection,
no one to catch me when I fall,
My fears and inhibitions,
did break me one and all
