THE MIRROR

I HATE the mirror!
From everything that resides within me, I SPIT my contempt for the mirror.
No matter its shape and size, it is the greatest menace
Ever to be created.
It has sent many people hurdling to their deaths.
It has caused many to stir up strife and conflict and pain.
I HATE the mirror because it only deals with life by one standard:
THE TRUTH!
It allows no room for one to be the person they want others to see.
It constantly shows me for what I AM!
And it mocks me, laughing at the reality I want to live in,
AWAY from accountability, AWAY from responsibility
AWAY from needing to be better than what I am and KNOWING IT!
Without words it SCREAMS so LOUD
that it will tolerate NO HYPOCRACY!
That ITS truth is THE ONLY truth and NO OTHER!
And its grip on the lives of everyone was further reinforced when one pop star
decided it was necessary to serenade about its cause, its angst
Its perisitant and uncompromising TORTURE of all mankind!
It is an eternal nemesis to all
And the misfortune of it all is we GIVE IT the eyes it possesses
without even the need for glass and silver plating.
We are its victim, it is our adversary,
We are its partner in this conundrum
But will mostly REFUSE to become its benefactor.
I HATE the mirror.