The Evolution of Mirrors

The eyes staring back at me

aren’t the ones that used to be there

They are older now

Those eyes used to look so pathetic and worthless

I couldn’t stand to look into a mirror

There was always a fat worthless person looking back at me

The person was never any good

I couldn’t stand to look at that waste of life

Lately

I see something else

I still cringe at the weight

But the person in there is not worthless

The person looking back at me

is note the person that they were told that they were

That person’s pain

Is unnecessary

There is a world of shame in those eyes

Shame for never being good enough

Never being wanted

Never being accepted

Those eyes are changing

And over the years

I can actually look into that mirror

And see myself from the shoulders up

And I see a handsome man staring at me

There is still pain in those eyes

But I see accomplishments

I see trials that have been overcome

I see a man that has lived a hard life

Not because of those trials

But because of the belief that he was useless

Because he believed that he was a burden.

The benefit of having a lie disproved

Is that the other lies that were built on that lie

Also start to crumble.

I believed that I was useless

So I never really tried

It didn’t matter

Because I was worthless

But now

I see that I am not useless

I am a damn good person

I only fail because

I believed that failure was a preconceived outcome

With the truth revealed

That I am not useless

All of the other failures are fading

All of the lies

All of the degradation

Most of which was self inflicted

Is fading

The reflection in the mirror

Can do anything that he sets his mind to

But only because he discovered the lie

The reflection has evolved

Because my eyes reflect something

That was unable to be seen in the mirrors before

The mirror tells us the truth

The evolution

Was not within the mirror

It was within of me

It started when I allowed myself

to look into the mirror

and see what was there

and not what I believed to be there.

Look into the mirror my friends

but this time

let all of those lies fade

let everything negative  that was ever said to you

just dissolve.

Look into that mirror

And see the great person that is looking back at you.

I believe in you