The Girl in the Mirror

Everyone loved to laugh at her

She was a jester to all

She caught the attention of many

And she was a source of happiness to a few

But nobody knew of the pain she hid

Nobody knew of the smile she faked

Nobody knew of the hurt she felt

And nobody knew of the tortures she suffered

She made a perfect façade of smiles

A perfect mask of happiness

A mask that fooled many

But not the dreamer who wrote this

As she looked at the mirror,

A stranger looked back at her

The stranger was smiling and beaming

While she was crying and broken

Nobody else saw her for what she truly was

All they saw was the reflection

The reflection of a happy girl

A happy girl that did not exist in her reality

She

She forced a laugh and a smile

But tears wanted to run down her face

Her soul was breaking

Her heart shattering

Yet she swallowed it still

She put up a mighty fight

But the fight she lost

She wants to genuinely smile

To break away from the reins

To shatter the illusion

To clear the haze

But her willpower is lost

She's tired of the lie

She has become a puppet

A puppet on strings

And he was the puppeteer