I look into the mirror

I fear who...

No, what I see

The person in the mirror

She has eyes

Eyes that reveal pain

They are haunted

Dark bags hang underneath

She is tired

Tired and stressed

She wants to give up

But something won't let her

Something inside refuses to give

She is on the verge of collapse

But something keeps her up

Something keeps her from falling

And never getting up

She looks so frail

Like the wind

Might just blow her away

That person I see in the mirror

So weak and defeated

She can't be me

I can't be her

I'm supposed to be strong

Is this who I am

Is this who I am

Behind the mask

Everyone thinks

That I can take any blow

And get back on my feet

Is my mask

Really that powerful

That I even fool myself

Until I let it fall

I let it fall

Only when no one is near

When I am alone

But it still takes

A look in the mirror

To remind myself

I am not the mask

I am not strong

I am not happy

I wear this mask

To make others happy

And to fool myself

The mask is my prison

A prison that I

Can only see with a mirror

It binds me

I am trapped

In this prison

It's been that way

For oh so long

I almost forgot

What I am like without it

Everyone else has

They have forgotten

That girl without it

The one who was happy

Naturally happy

My mask is a prison

One that I am unsure,

If I can break

Because it still takes

A mirror to remind me

That the mask I wear

Is not me

Who am I really?

I think I've forgotten

The mirror

The mask

That is all I remember