Mirror, Lie to Me

Eileen Manassian

I stare at my mirror 

So shocked by what I see 

There is a strange woman 

Staring right back at me 

I must've been abducted 

This must be a crazy trick 

For the reflection that I see 

Is making me quite sick 

 Are those horrid wrinkles? 

Is that a double chin? 

The neck that was my joy 

Is pillar like- not thin! 

 My eyes have no sparkle 

They look listless and glazed 

It gets so hard to focus 

When all I feel is dazed 

Maybe it’s just a dream 

From which I will awake 

For how could that be me? 

I'm sure it’s just a fake 

I pinch myself real hard 

The mirror woman screams 

Oh no, it must be true 

Now both of us cry streams 

Mirror, you’re a traitor!!! 

Mirror, this is a crime!!! 

I order you to hide!!! 

The tell-tale signs of time!!! 

Do me a small favor 

Tell me a little lie 

Reflect a younger me… 

Oh please, give it a try!