A poem about getting to know yourself and figuring out what you want.

Side note: I'm sorry that this poem doesn't really make much sense or sound right when read aloud.

This is a bit of a prequel to the actual poem:

Hope is said to be a terrible thing,

A sin that breeds eternal misery,

There was a time when the girl would have agreed with this sentiment,

But not anymore.

Now to the actual poem:

She looks in the mirror and old photos.

Then asks herself, 'Who am I?'

Gazing at a dismissive reflective surface,

And mocking youthful smiles.

Looking for answers from where they clearly cannot be given.

She didn't want to know who she was years ago,

Or who she was going to be years from now,

All of this she already knew.

Only she knew who she used to be,

So different from how she was now.

Others didn't seem to remember,

That frightened and lonely girl.

The entire world knew who she was going to be,

How flawlessly it was planned.

Her future was already engraved in stone,

Her destiny manipulated to perfection.

But no one knew who she was now.

She had asked herself many times over.

She had googled it,

Asked friends,

Done as much as she could,

But an answer never arose.

She was well aware of the philosophical answers of her question,

Which entailed with how an answer was complex,

Close to impossible to generate.

She was well aware that her friends all thought she was 'perfect' and 'happy'.

That proved how well they all knew her.

In her mind, she had asked a shallow question and had wanted a shallow answer.

An answer the world just wasn't willing to give,

Perhaps an answer she would have to find by herself,

Or maybe an answer she may never know.

She didn't know who she was,

No one else knew either.

She looked in the mirror again,

Stared blankly at the stranger in front of her.

Someday she hoped she would get to know this stranger.

A stranger perhaps worth the effort.

Thank you for reading my poem, if you liked it please try to vote and comment to tell me what you think. I value every single piece of feedback you guys give me.

- Mistry <3