Reflection

Look to me

Don't glance the other way with eyes worn

And torn, concealed behind layers of hurt

And drained of care

 

Talk to me

Sealed mouth, so covered in mental masking tap

A barrier between lies and truth

Holding in all the screams, the words you dare not speak

 

 Tell me what's going through your mind

Don't block and hide it from me

I need to know; you need to trust

Trust in me. 

You push everyone away, push me

Shove, push, shove but I won't go away

I'm here, here to stay

So believe in my steady, firm arms

And fall back - I'll catch you

 

From years and wear and tear

You've shut yourself off, mute

Your mouth numb and weak from many stretches

Of silence

 

The eyes, so clear before

Now glazed, pupils gone

Shut the door to your soul,

No more looking in. 

Sealed shut, no entrance, air tight.

 

Let me in, I need to fix

The damage, the broken bits and pieces

That scare you to death when you see them

Scattered on the ground, the shards reflecting your face

Right back up to you, to me

 

Hold onto me.

Don't always run away from everything

So scared that the things you hope to keep while shatter

Like your sanity, your trust and love...

 

Fight, struggle against it.

Don't submit to the pain and agony

But don't you dare hide it away, push it away

Face it, vanquish it, conquer

 

Look at me.

In the mirror, I reflect

Like the shards, but fully there

So battered, so bruised

But I remain here with you

 

You are I, and I am you

We will get through this

Don't you dare run away.

 

Talk to me.

When everyone else fails,

talk to me, I'll always listen

And I'll always be here to cushion the fall

 

Listen to me, the little voice in your head

That always tells you when it'll be alright

Don't push me away,  I won't leave you here.

So trust in me, trust in yourself

Enough...

Enough to get help.

 

Look in the mirror

Look at me

Take a deep breath, and trust in me

Open your mouth and

Tell me, you what's going through your mind.