Is this me ??


For so long...looking into the mirror
I saw only a reflection of an image,
a stranger looking back at me.

When looking into my eyes,
I saw only an emptiness, a void.

Beneath those eyes were many fears,
fears of pain,
fears of sorrow,
feelings of no hope.

How could I not know this face,
as I stand staring it in the mirror?

Where is that person that I used to be,
why can't I see?

Turning again looking into the mirror,
I saw my life,
one that had gone out 
like a candle being extinguished.

What reflected back from that mirror
was a stranger looking back at me.

Standing there feeling so alone,
 lost and  confused,
 the fear set in, where was this person
I called ME?




Shyamli :)