The Mirror

A brutal inspirational piece.

A Reflection, 

What is a reflection?

A reflection is a mirror?

What is a mirror?

A mirror is the truth?

What is the truth?

The truth . . .

hurts.

The truth is pain,

and pain is nothing but a mirror; a reflection.

I speak not of the reflection of your face, 

I speak of the reflection of the truth,

the good,

the bad,

the ugly,

the truth that we all hide away from not only one another, but ourselves. 

So I am going to ask you now to look into the mirror with me.

Look into the mirror and you'll see the insanity of your humanity.

Look into your eyes, what do you see?

You see the color of potential, or of success,

you may see cowardice, or fear, 

but I will tell you what is there.

There is nothing. 

In your eyes what is shown is failure, mistakes, and regrets, 

in your eyes there is fear, uncertainty and pressure, 

in your eyes there is the plead to give up.

 . . . You've looked away from your eyes, as your tears begin to trickled down your skin.

Look at it,

look at your skin, examine it.

Examine the flesh on your toes and fingers; go on - take a look.

What do you see?

You may see a tan line, or an even tone, maybe a hole from a piercing.

Let me tell you what is really there.

The scars from your fingernails digging into skin when you couldn't find a blade,

the bruises overlapping each other as you continue to get pushed and shoved by those meant to love you,

you did nothing wrong, but the bruises say otherwise.

the holes in your skin from your piercing that were GUARANTEED to make fit in.

Your hand runs up your body, touching all the bumps and scratches on your skin, 

and you make your way up to your lips - STOP.

Look at them, look at your lips, 

do you see what they're doing.

Their being bitten, and do you know why?

Let me tell you . . . but first, 

stop crying. 

Your teeth have begun to bite away at the flesh of your lips, 

because the truth hurts. 

Hearing what is wrong with you is horrible, 

but looking into the past and storing on top of your shoulders -

is suicide. 

What are you doing?

You need to look into the mirror, 

you need to stop away, and understand the truth. 

Stop cringing at the past,

Let me tell you something.

The past was many years ago, but it was also a few seconds ago.

The past is a memory,

The future is your choice,

but the present will always be a gift that you give to yourself, 

so make it special. 

Look into the mirror,

accept your faults, 

and only then will you move forward.  

Let me quiz you once more.

A Reflection, 

What is a reflection?

A reflection is a mirror?

What is a mirror?

A mirror is the truth?

What is the truth?

The truth . . .

hurts.

But it is necessary to move on into a better future. 

Author's Note

I didn't want to make it too long, but I hope you still connect with it some how.
Please leave some comments of your thoughts or something, maybe some request of what should be written next, or what you think can be improved in this piece :) Thank you.

Reviews

[Coyote Poetry]

This is what poetry support to be. Alive and powerful. You asked questions and led the reader into deep thoughts and to see the mirror of truth. This is the kind of poetry that make me want to write. Thank you for sharing the excellent poetry.
Coyote

[Octavious]

Wow, thank you so much, I really appreciate it,those words mean a lot to me, again thank you so much, and I am so glad that you enjoyed it.

[Coyote Poetry]

You are welcome. I have two poems ready to be written. We need good words to make us dig deep and write.

[Octavious]

I look forward to your new poems then, and the best of luck on finding the perfect words to capture the moment, and force us to think a little bit deeper. - all the best of luck to you :)

[Coyote Poetry]

Notes are written. I will write tonight. Good words and J.B Harvey singing. Two muses for a writer.

[Confuser]

It's interesting - great job and also very sad -- but you made me think...everyone can relate. Thank you..Dale

[Octavious]

I'm glad you enjoyed it :)

[Confuser]

I did; you're welcome!!!

[Emily]

Nice write!
I have a poem called ''The Mirror' too! But mine is a lot different than yours.
Well done!
Keep it up!

[Octavious]

Thanks, I'll check out your poem

[Jamestown]

This is really cool! The flood of emotions are transparent!
I was completely involved, and the last stanza is brilliant!
Thanks for sharing and b-blessed!