The Woman In the Mirror

Today I looked in the mirror And I didn’t recognize the woman That stared back at me She frightened me For she told the truth Where I wish I could lie I decided to look closer And oh she resembled me greatly But I looked into her eyes Which led to her heart And they appeared to be as cold as death I don’t know when she became like this But the time had come I started to remember what had Made this woman so beautiful At one point in her life Actually not too long ago at all I then found the source of her beauty She used to cherish prayer and her time with her God She used to value being able to tell Him How wonderful He was And how much she adored Him and Longed to imitate the beauty she saw in Him She used to cling to His words, For she knew without them she could not live She loved to help and please all those who worshipped Him And she loved to encourage those who did not Because she felt the love of God And wanted to share it with others She valued purity and prided being one with God Indeed these things had made her beautiful Yes she knew these things alone For she once knew that Flattery from man meant nothing But as I look in the mirror The woman I see doesn’t value Any of these things No, not the way she once did Her eyes are white as snow And her skin still soft but she no longer Resembled the beautiful girl that once was I wish that I could go erase The disaster that I created However what was done was done I wish I could tell the woman in The mirror that she is loved