Searching

I look in the mirror
but all I see is me.

I can’t see the person
you think I am.

Am I that person?

Is this all a lie,
the person that I thought I was?

Why can’t I see it?

Am I wrong
or are you?

Why don’t I know?

I look in the mirror
but all I see is me,
eyes full of confusion,
haunted by the pain
that rises from within.

© Michele Markley 2011