Tuesday, June 19, 2007

In The Mirror



I look in the mirror
I am white
not a mark nor a blemish to be seen
I am perfect
a lily white
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The I started to change
the world looked so enticing
I wanted to be free
I felt like I was being kept back
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I made friends
but they weren't the right ones
I didn't think it would matter
what's a little swearing?
My friends do it
what's a little tattoo?
My friends have them
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But now when I look in the mirror
I am not white
I am not blemish free
what has happened?
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My perfect witness has been marred
I now see little, ugly stains
well there really little maybe no one will notice
it can't mean anything
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Oh how I wish I had turned around when I had the chance
I thought no one would notice
I thought I could handle it on my own
I couldn't
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Drunk I staggered around with my boyfriend
laughing at crude jokes
smoking myself into black oblivion
sharing a bed with another
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I tried to make myself believe I was fine
I didn't look at myself in the mirror anymore
but deep down I knew the truth
my tiny stains had merged into one
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My whiteness had turned to blackness
I will never be the same
because I have flaunted myself
it has led to this
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Will I ever be white again?
Will I never be the same?
“No”
a little voice whispers
“You will never be the same”
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I stare at myself in the mirror
black and ugly
tears streaming down my marred face
I don't want this
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“I'm sorry”
I sob
covering my face with my hands
“Please just make me white again!”
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Suddenly I feel something pouring down my face
I look in the mirror
it's blood
red and vibrant covering me
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I fall to my knees
the blood continues to flow
mixing with my tears
covering me in red
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Laying down
I sink into oblivion
peace seeps into me
along with the scarlet liquid
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Waking up with peace on my mind
I look at myself in the mirror
I am white
by the blood of the Savior

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