Spirit Of A Girl

There's a ghost in the mirror

The spirit of a girl haunting me

My eyes open and close shut

Still she refuses to leave.

 

A girl I’d completely forgotten

Lost in the back of my memory

She must have been important

Because I’m feeling extremely guilty

 

There’s something so familiar

A connection I can’t place

It takes me a moment to realize

This girl is wearing my face.

 

She doesn’t need to speak

Because I already know what she’s going to say

For she’s the part of myself I let go of when I lost my way

 

My hopes, my dreams, and aspirations.

My love of life and high expectations.

My desires and my greatest passions.

My love of humor and crazy fashions.

 

Yes, it’s true I strayed from my path.

Surrendered to the nameless evil and

Avoided all oncoming wrath

 

Though it would seem there is a change in the wind

Or the change has occurred in me

 

Because she stands here today, a day when I feel stronger

A day when the enemies of my past are gone and can’t hurt me any longer

There is no pain in her eyes no traces of a deeper sorrow

Presently here, with me ready, to usher in a new tomorrow.

 

It’s like reconnecting with an old friend I haven’t seen in a year

I’d hug her but how weird would I look trying to get my arms

Around the bathroom mirror?

 

Author's Note

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