Just Like Me
Everywhere I go I see
A person who looks just like me
Against the glass she would sigh
Over girls who look at guys
This person used to pull her hair
While screaming out, “It’s just not FAIR!
Why should I feel this way,
On and on, day after day?
Why can’t she see what I can give?
Sometimes I just don’t want to live!”
Through the glass I could clearly see
Her misery hated company
Hiding cloistered in her room
Suffocating on her gloom
Then, wiping blood that fell from grace
A plastered a smile on her face
She shook her pain off in a hurry
So no one she knows has to worry
She kept on falling faster, faster
Into a dark she couldn’t master
Until she hit a sudden stop
That made her bright red bubble pop
Then I saw them all around her
Glowing, smiling, hands out for her
They didn’t ask, nor press or bother
But gently nudged and quietly offered
For a solid shoulder
Or a pair of arms to hold her
With simple company, laughter and peace
I saw her smile and glow increase
Then one day all the mirrors broke
And she disappeared in a puff of smoke
I was left there in her place
A person who can walk in grace
Free of the weight that she once bore
That sent darkness dripping on the floor
Now we walk smiling side by side
Taking hardships in our stride
No more will we bleed or cry
My happy, real reflection and I
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