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Stranger in the Mirror

May 20, 2015
By lastingbreath16 DIAMOND, Lake Alfred, Florida
lastingbreath16 DIAMOND, Lake Alfred, Florida
54 articles 3 photos 70 comments

Favorite Quote:
screw it all if life gives u lemons do what ever you feel the need to do with them.


Everyone has this imagine of me that I'm suppose to be. I can't meet them all but why am i trying? This is my life my time and yet these imagines there not dying. I'm getting told to live my life the way i want it done. But then there's so many rules so many things i have to do. How can i be myself when i have to plaster on a smile and help everyone else. I have my own problems that keep controling me. I feel guilt and pain everyday mixed with love and happiness. Everything just keeps pulling on me and im just stuck. Looking in on a strangers world. When i look in the mirror i don't see the person I'm suppose to be. I see this girl who has no control. Auto polite activated. Smile work help smile hold back don't stop smile. How can i be me when I don't even know who me is?



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on Sep. 20 2015 at 3:25 pm
Trin_Freckles GOLD, Troutman, North Carolina
11 articles 12 photos 27 comments

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When your sad, stop being sad and be awesome instead

Beautiful! I swear my eyes are all watery now. And i just got done with my makeup!!! I look like a racoon, is how beautiful this is

on Jun. 6 2015 at 12:30 pm
lastingbreath16 DIAMOND, Lake Alfred, Florida
54 articles 3 photos 70 comments

Favorite Quote:
screw it all if life gives u lemons do what ever you feel the need to do with them.

Thank you for your words and your belief. I put all my emotions into this poem hoping to get it across so thank you again.

on Jun. 5 2015 at 3:19 pm
EmilytheBelleofA. DIAMOND, Athens, Georgia
81 articles 5 photos 1486 comments

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To love is to be vulnerable; Triumph is born out of struggle; We notice shadows most when they stand alone in the midst of overwhelming light.

This is filled with emotion and honesty, and something that I can connect to for I this was I how used to see myself in the mirror: a stranger. This is just phenomenal, all in all, and so much more. Thank you so much for sharing this, my friend. You're a very talented writer and person, and so much more. I believe that. Thank you again.