Mirror Monster
Those cliché horror movies that stay in my head
The footsteps, the knocking
That dead body under the bed
The screams that make my hair stand on its end
Same old same old its like a trend
But my favorite that sends shivers up my spine
Is when you look into the mirror and theres something behind
This spook stays at the back of my mind
I don't look at the mirror, afraid of what I might find
Ghosts, phantoms, demons galore
They lurk in my thoughts, bringing images of gore
I summon my courage, look as long as I dare
After all, a girl has GOT to do her hair
Thats when I realize, but how can it be?
All along the monster was me!
Slathered with makeup, nails painted
So much so that my heart too was tainted
Tainted with the evil partnered with vanity
Narcissism left no space for humanity
Not bothered about what's wrong and what's right
Only about instagram my 'likes'
And with a sashay of my hips
I spouted rumors and gossip from my lips
Rumors which caused others to self-harm
I dropped my hairbrush in my alarm
No. No. I refuse to see
To believe, to admit the monster is me
But that would explain why I beware
To look in the mirror and find myself not there
Not there because I was already lost
I have paid the price popularity cost
I looked up to meet its eyes
Only to find them full of lies
No I refuse, it still cannot be
The monster in the mirror turned out to be me
