Daron Long Poet Lyric

Reflection In a Mirror

Looking in the mirror,

disgusted by what I see.

Nothing more than a reflection

of what used to be me.

How did I become the person I am now?

What changed me so quickly?

I disgust myself.

Wreaking of hypocrisy.

Seeing myself with leprosy.

I can't accept this as me.

I've become depressed once or twice.

I've become a pest to myself, 

my own body lice.

I've become this image in a mirror

with a sad story to tell.

I am the creator of my own personal Hell.

I wish I could shave my past away

like I can the stubble on my face.

I wish I could wash this disgrace away

with just a little soap and water.

Why do I beat myself up?

Why do I make myself give up?

Why aren't I the person I used to be?

Why can't I go back to just being me?

I want this pessimism to crawl away and die.

I wish the person I've become wasn't one big lie.

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