SHE

When a lady looks into the mirror
 Does she see the little girl
 In her eyes
Does she surprise herself
With thoughts of what she once was
The little girl
 Who's laughter
 Sang out with surprise
 Or does she see a woman's smirk
 Of knowing look
 She's already given a time or two
 A sadness that settles
 But merely a memory
 Of some injustice
 Happened Long ago
 She doesn't know
 She's let it go
 When her laugh comes out
 It's an infraction
 Hard on herself
 She analyzes each note
 True of False
 Then, let's it go
 Only a moment
A second
 It's gone
 The reason
 For the thought
 That is bottomless
 A question for an answer
 That only God would know
 These are the sort of things
 She knows
 Only to let go
 To live the life of peace
 She's settled on
 Decided on
 With choices
 She makes
 Each day
To fulfill these dreams
 The mirror Looks back
 With the face
 She faces each day
 Knows
 That we all have to look at ourselves
 In the mirror
Reflection- back
What does it say?
What do we each claim for ourselves?
 In that stare
 Into our own eyes
 Do we see life as it is
 Or what it was/ or a lie? 
That was held onto for too long
 Until it stinks and rots and fades into the atmosphere
 Like everything else that holds too much weight
 No longer seems worth the fight
 With herself 
That it would mean
 Holding onto
 These past... Mistakes
 Lies
 Atrocities
 Long ago has let them go
 She knows she's free 
Finally
 Just to live
 Let live
 To be
 For the moment
 Free