The reflection in the tears

I feel a deep despair.
The mirror reflects a man in dismay
I awake with the same hair,
I know--it's silly to expect to awake a different way.
Unaware I was the pain reside,
Unaware I was until eyes were open,
In the sadness a reason hide,
In the mirror one of the men.
A magic cast on film of past
A reflection cast of another realm
A filter shown a truth at last
Tears fell and overwhelm
I was so mean I looked and said
I wasn't kind as she stared back
"You should be nice she said instead"
No words came out there was still more to unpack.
The reasons I sunk were lies
weighing heavy my heart for years
locked in compliance those oppressive spies
whispering to my heart, affirming fears
The light within must not escape,
The light that heart must submerge tonight,
The heart must not find truth or tie the cape
The heroine within never to fight
She stared back and all at once
a flood of pain come to ignite
pouring around and weighing an ounce 
weird memories she began to recite.
Hello?  Is anyone there?  Her voice was raspy
Never before has she spoke
Do you hear me?  You're the key
Do you know?  The tears now took.
The image that stared back at her that day
The image that stirred her to life that day
The image that spurred her to speak that day
The image that scared her to not go back

The image you see plain and clear, was merely herself.
The tears that fell were for how she hurt herself all this time.
Thinking something was wrong with her.

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