Keep Me Away from the Mirror

I am not the figure in the glass, Stiff and hollow, a shell of the past. When its reflection catches my eye, Hatred blooms, and I ask why. Fear ignites, a flame in my chest, My hand trembles, unable to rest. When red spills from my skin, I lift my head, yet cannot win. Pieces of me are always gone, The mirror mocks what I rely on. Keep me away, I cannot bear The shattered self that’s never there. Each time I try to love this face, The more it fills me with disgrace. Keep me away, from what I can’t embrace, A wilderness of mirrors, I’ve lost the race.