I AM THE IMAGE
BEFORE THE MIRROR,
I AM GAZING AT THE REFLECTIONS,
OF A CONSCIENCE,
THAT KNOWS ONLY WHAT
IT TELLS THEM,
I AM.
I AM THE SLUT, THE SAINT!
THE BITCH, AND THE SWEET,
THE REFINED, AND THE CRUDE!
MAYBE I'M HEARTLESS,
WHEN I AM ONLY BEING MERCIFUL,
OR MAYBE I RACK AMONG
THE ABUSED AND THE CRIMINAL!
SOMETIMES I'M PSYCHO AND EVEN
THE NERD.
AND THEN WHEN THAT CEASES,
I BECOME THE JOCK,
AND THE WIMP,
WHO IS THE SOLDIER
AND THE PACIFISTIC
BULLY WHO SINGS
THE CHURCH HYMNS.
I AM SO STRONG,
AND I AM THE WEAK ONE,
THE LEADER, THE FOLLOWER,
OF ALL THAT YOU SEE.
I AM THE MIRROR,
THE SCAPEGOAT,
THE LABEL,
OF YOUR EXPECTATIONS,
JUDGEMENTS, DECREES!
THAT YOU SO BESTOW
UPON YOURSELVES
AND THEN
ARE BLINDED
TO THE FACT
THAT SOMEWHERE,
AMONG THE STEMMED REFLECTIONS
OF YOUR CREATIONS, LAYS THEM
LAYS HIM,
LAYS HER,
LAYS YOU !
ALL AMONG THE TWISTED
REFLECTIONS
YOU ALL ALLOW
TO BE PLACED WITHIN
ME
I AM THE MIRROR!
THE SCAPEGOAT; YOU BELIEVE.
