What Does My Reflection Show?

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I'm in a room full of mirrors,

Sitting in a fetal position on the floor.

All around me are my flaws--

They stare back at me;

They surround me. 

I stand up, 

Turning to each mirror 

After I have looked at one

And can't bear to look at it

Any longer.


I continue this pattern

For what feels like hours.

Little do I know I was in there

For 20 minutes...


I begin to panic. 

Why are all of my flaws 

Staring back at me?

What did I do

To deserve this?


Fear spreads

Throughout my body,

Rising in my throat.

I've had enough. 

I try to scream, 

But only a broken sob 

Escapes my mouth. 


I panic even more.

I walk to the mirror 

That shows all of my flaws.

I shove it backwards;

I break the damned thing. 

My hands 

Are covered with glass

And blood,

Oh the blood.

But wait...


I look up...

To see the same image

That was in the mirror.

I may have broken the mirror,

But the girl in the mirror--

She broke me.


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