I'm a mirror.
You can look at me,
See yourself,
See behind you,
What's below you,
Depending on my angle.
If you stare at me
Long enough
You might not recognize yourself.
And you can blame me.
You can leave a small chip in my glass
And you'll never see
Either of us
The same again.
You can break me.
Shatter me.
But little do you know
I am much more
Dangerous,
Broken
Than whole.
When you break me,
My broken pieces can tear you apart.
They can leave
Scarring cuts
and small, shattered reflections
Of your face.
And little do you know
When you sweep me up
And throw me away,
I go to new places.
I am created into different things
That I never could have been
If you didn't break me.
I can reflect sunlight
To burn
Maybe too bright.
I reflect broken faces
Of whom
Are just as broken as me.
And little do you know
I can make people beautiful.
I can show people the beauty of them.
And maybe there are better;
Less broken merrors than me,
But the more broken
And small
I am,
The harder it is for you to hurt me.
And the easier it is for me to hurt you.
As a broken mirror
I don't need to watch
As you stare right through me,
Picking flaws and
Insecureties out of your skin
And out of me,
Just to plaster on your forehead.
Because I am broken
I am different.
I am a different size,
Shape,
And strength
Because I am broken.
Because I am broken,
You can't hurt me again.
I am a mirror.
Maybe a broken one,
But I still remain a mirror.
