‘What do you see when you look into the mirror?’
When you look into the mirror
What do you see?
A reflection of your old self?
Or promises of what you could become
When you look into the mirror?
Who do you see?
A face you identify as yours?
Or a stranger…
One who is completely new to you
Some wish to become someone
Or Something
Something… new
Someone other than who they see in the mirror
They Agonize
They Wish
They Pray
Hoping to escape their reality
Like trying to hide from a dark past
One filled with pain and resentment
One many have experienced
Years filled with loss
Years filled with tears
One’s nightmare brought to life
What do you want to see…
When you look into that mirror
Constantly checking to see a change
A change in the mirror?
In your reflection?
Or… a change in the person
You stare
But the face staring back
Its a completely different one
Different from your perception?
Different from the imagery they’ve gotten so used to
Living in their own dream fantasy
Afraid to embrace their scars
Like an endless reminder of all the loss
A loss we’ve all shared
Some choose to break down
To ball up in the corner
To engulf oneself in misery
Others?
They choose to get back up
To Change…
Change what they see in the mirror
Change who they see in that mirror
What many fail to realize is that
That mirror,
Is just a reflection of your true self
Staring Right Back at Them
One we have to embrace
With all the hurt
The pain is what builds us up
Resilience to fight on
To live another day
Hopeful, of what may come
By: Chimezirim Opara
This is so true as we try all the time to run away from reality. Sometimes I stare at the image in the mirror and I see the wrinkles, I try to see a younger me but I fail to see the wisdom that came with age. I fail to see that I am fearfully and wonderfully made and that beauty is within and flows to the outside. We should try to see who God created us to be no matter what we are going through. We are fearfully and wonderfully made. We are somebody.
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