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Poetry: Looking in the mirror

~All I See~

All I want is to escape
My own appearance
I can't stand to see my face
So distorted and contorted

I can't tolerate my reflection
All I see is what I'm not
Every sound and every sight
Cringes at a glance of me

If that's not the case
Then maybe it's just me
But when I look in the mirror
What I'm not is all I see

I live in the past
But it hurts to relive
Everything that I've seen
Everything that I've done

I'm searching for a beacon of hope
In the midst of miles of heartache
I'm searching for that one thing
That can get me through it all

At times I feel I've found it
At times I think I'm free
But reality comes back
To steal it away from me

The world is so big
And I am so small
I feel so overwhelmed
By the reality of it all

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