I tried to ignore

For the longest time

The ghosts that lingered

Inside my mind

Scared of peering into the void

And finding out I never left

Desperate to keep it a mark on the wall

A slash on the chest

A sleepless night

A story told in the past-tense

Scared to open Pandora’s box

And find it empty

So I closed my eyes

And fumbled through

The depths of my mind

Without any guide

Scared to look in old mirrors

And find my new reflection

Carefully sculpted to fit my new life

Paved with my willing deception

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But then in time

I became the mirror

Lacking a reflection

Staring into an empty room

Devoid of any satisfaction