Reflection

I can't be a wreck so I am just reckless,
but I thought I paid my dues to time...
yet I still stand here facing backward
consulting with a past that is not mine.

You see I do not know her anymore,
that girl that I used to be...
the one still facing forward,
the girl staring straight back at me.

There is such a fire inside her eyes,
burning with an awe inspiring light.
She is searching for what I still fail to recognize
as a valid reason to fight.

Her steady gaze questions my ambition,
for I have fallen short of our dreams.
A look that says I am the cause of her failure...
with so much anger at what it means.

I beg her to try and understand...
that we never asked for any of this!
Responding with a fire burning brighter now,
she ask me when I forgot how to live.

She said, "What about the rest of the world,
that needs you to learn and grow...
the one begging you to move forward
as we stand her toe to toe?".

She asked " How many chances have you lost
while standing there just looking back at me?
How many bridges could've you crossed,
instead of letting your self be empty?".

She reaches out her hands
and my body begs me to run away...
What will happen if we touch,
two halves of one mistake?

As soon as her skin touches mine
lightning cracks open the sky,
landing right between our feet...
dividing her world and mine.

I watch as her world crumbles,
a sad truth written on her lips...
muttering about how it will always hurt,
even if you don't ask for it.

Finally I turn to face forward...
only now remembering how to be brave,
daring the world to question the girl...
who once broke herself just to push the past away.
 

Reviews

[Ryan Riley]

Very well written....touches home for me with a self conflict. Very good read!

[Malister Mikey]

Very well written, I do not read things often to much that actually invoke my emotions to the way this poem does. Your description was flawless and I could completely relate to this poem except in my light it would of been a boy not a girl lol. Love this poem so much.

Sincerely, Malister Mikey

[Mayank]

it's a good way to describe, how to leave yourself from the broken past or the painful days...