Reflection

Looking at my reflection in the mirror,

I am not content with myself

I am thinking about a comment

that was made by someone else

I stopped for a moment

and said to myself I can change that

although it was just a person's opinion

and not a proven fact

I took care of the problem,

to my friend's great contentment,

just in time to learn of another's resentment

I asked him: 'What is the problem'?

and he told me that it was my attitude

So I decided to change it

in order not to be rude

I then tried to win the affection

of someone who I really liked;

Instead she told me

that my personality wasn't quite right

I decided that it was time

for a personality change

because she told me

that my intuition was strange

Some people then told me

that I needed a makeover;

But, I did not argue

or see anything to debate over

I then changed my appearance,

much to their delight

But as I looked in the mirror

I was overtaken with fright

I was no longer myself

I was was now a different person

Trying to be someone who I was not,

it just was not working

I said I don't care what people think

I'm gonna be me;

I may not be perfect,

But, I like what I see!

 

 

Philip St. Cyr

Done