Paperback Reflection

Paperback Reflection (3/7/2007)

My life’s full of doubts and of mental clouds
I reflect what is wasted behind this shroud
Sick of this headache as my temples pound
Can I shed my own skin and for once get out?
Cause it’s so hard to see me and not reel back
As I stare at myself and let the glass react
It breaks, shows me faces and throws me back
I stab at myself with the shards that crack
And now these scars that I scratch bleed just a little
It may be a new reason but still me in the middle
I bow my head like a willow and turn eyes away
With a hood on my head as I’ll soon hide away
Blind to the something that lies beneath the cover
I stare at the jacket I hate like no other
Nothing is right and my face has no color
This sensation of weight is a gateway to stutter
So how do I lose this? Where can I run to?
Where do I go where they don’t let the sun through?
Hide all the lights that expose imperfection
And drown in a mind where there’s hope and correction
Cause nothing gets read when the cover is ugly
That old line is dead, I know that, just trust me
Judgments are made by the shell that we’re showing
And I go through this hell cause reflections are knowing

One Response to “Paperback Reflection”

  1. Why no one has commented this poem yet is beyond me, and though you already know my opinion (amazing!), i will leave this comment because this poem deserves a comment.

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