When I look in the mirror,
Is it the real me I see?
You look fat,
I look thin;
Tell me please;
Which reflection is me?
When I look away from the mirror;
Who is it that I see?
I look plain,
While you're so pretty,
Tell me, please;
Who is that woman,
Staring back at me?
Once again, I look in the mirror;
You're too thin,
I'm too fat.
Do I have to diet again,
Just to look like that?
I walk away, but I'm back again;
You look happy,
While the real me sees;
Dull,
Unhappy,
And, depressed.
My friends also tell me,
I'm not really like that!
So please tell me;
Who do I see?
It doesn't look like the real me!
Do I need to change my personality?
Do I need to change my looks?
Every freckle looks like muck;
While my personality reflects lady luck;
I am not lady luck!
I have no flare;
No style;
No charm!
Nobody will fancy me tonight.
So, to the other person in the mirror,
Please reflect back on my true colors.
Besides fat or thin;
Who should I be tonight?
Besides being ugly, or beautiful as sin;
Should I be me, or should I be him?
I really want to fit in.
Whose personality reflects back at me?
Why does it change, every day?
One day I'm me,
The next I'm you;
But then again you change too;
One day I'm beautiful,
The next I'm not;
That can also change in an hour or two.
You keep smiling back at me;
Your happiness doesn't
reflect my reality.
Now, I'm too loud,
Too confident,
Too pretty,
Still not good enough for me;
Who that might be?
So; When I look in the mirror,
Who do I see?
Identity crisis;
Or the real me?
About the Creator
Carol Townend
Fiction, Horror, Sex, Love, Mental Health, Children's fiction and more. You'll find many stories in my profile. I don't believe in sticking with one Niche! I write, but I also read a lot too.
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Comments (1)
Beautifully done Carol. I started one with the mirror like that, have not finished it yet. This one is so great, i am quite jealous. You said it so well.