Mirrors

Don’t look.

Just walk right by-

Quickly

Before your eyes lock

On the reflection

That isn’t yours.

 

She looks like you,

But she’s grinning a toothy smile

While your lips are pressed tight.

Her gaze holds you-

And before you know it

You’re leaning closer…

 

Hands reach out from the glass

Grab you

Force your head to make impact with the mirror-

Shattering

Rings in your ears as

Your

World

Crashes

Down

Around

You…

Outcasts

Cast out from society

For trying to find who we want to be

An outsider is all they see

When they look at you and me.

They only see what they want us to be,

Our differences, they won’t believe.

 

Our independence set us free

Cast us away from society

So we can be who we are and will always be.