BROKEN MIRROR

Broken Mirror
By Zeph Daniel

It started so young

 

Run around the block
naked and alone
hoping someone will see

 

So you can be ashamed

for what’s inside of you

 

It’s the way it came down

Naked and alone

and confused--

wells up from inside

 

Nowhere to hide

Looks like the hive

dictates the steps

hoping for you to come out

and play...

... a rainy day...

 

You run around the block

Naked and alone

Hoping someone will notice

and laugh at you

 

But you know it’s wrong

They make you ashamed and confused

 

You need what you hate

You hate what you need

All gonna come out

in the end

 

Naked and alone

hoping someone will see

you in all your ugliness

 

You’re just hardwired

to let them have their way with you

You know what you want to do 

but you don’t want to do it

 

To force you

To make you do what 

you want to do

 

(They’re driving you mad

They’re driving you insane)

How can you get away?

How can you live?