Mirror’s Mask

Lost in the mirror, shadows behind my smile

Echoes of a face I've forgotten after a while

Forward trembling, face turning pale

Trying not to look back, but it’s a treacherous trail

Smiles hide the chaos, beneath the serene

Living between what’s real and what’s just unseen

Drowning in my silence, sinking deep within

Fighting silent battles, losing what I’ve been

Hiding all the pain behind a painted grin

Clinging to the fragments where I still begin

I’m losing my mind, I’m losing my stand

Reality’s slipping like grains of desert sand

Wearing my mask, hiding all the ache

Smiling through the tears that I can’t fake

Drowning in shadows, masking the pain

Trying to breathe but I can’t explain

Forward I look but my mind’s astray

Caught in a storm I can’t allay

Can’t tell what’s genuine, what’s just a disguise

Fading in the mirror, lost in my eyes

Seeking a reason, a hint of relief

But found only echoes of my own grief

So I keep on smiling, though I’m falling apart

A face in the mirror, a silent scared heart

Forward I look, but my soul’s grown cold

Walking a line where stories unfold