Friday 29 June 2018

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!

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