You are my mirror
Were
Past tense
You were my mirror
I looked at you
And saw myself in you
I saw my own darkness
My own insecurity
My own sadness
Reflected back at me
It hurt me so deeply
To see all my hurts
Within someone else
I wanted to remove it
To cut it out like cancer
I wanted to comfort you
Like no one had comforted me
I hoped
Perhaps naively
That if I was
Exceedingly kind to you
That you might be kind to me
In return
I thought for once
I might truly have
Just one single friend
In a world
That was so cruel to me
From the very start
But I learned
That you are not like me
I learned
Perhaps too late
I saw bits of myself in you
But you were never
Anything like me
I reached for you
With open arms
And a loving heart
A hopeful heart
But you only took
What I could offer you
And treated me in return
With unkindness
With biting words
Betrayal
More pain
For the one who sought
Only to soothe yours
In many ways
You were my mirror
You carried the same hurt
The same dreams
But you were different
You chose to become as cruel
As the ones who hurt you
You chose to inflict pain
Instead of soothe it away
You made your choice
And I made mine
And today
You're not my mirror
Not anymore
As I release those who hurt me
So too do I release the pain
I look at you now
And I see just another hurting person
Who won't let go
Of those who hurt them
Just another person
Locked within the pain
Imprisoned because they
Fell into that trap
And they hurt others, too
I see now
With perfect clarity
You're nothing like me
I always sought
To take the pain away
From everyone
Because I couldn't bear
To see them hurt
While you sought
To bring about more
Because misery loves company
And you, my dear friend
Are misery
About the Creator
A. R. Ambrosi
I like to write, if that makes me a writer, then rock on!
I started writing as a child because I ran out of stuff to read. So, I only write stuff that I like. If you like it too, awesome! Enjoy! ^_^
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