Reflections In The Mirror

Burned them up in the fire,
I threw away my desires,
I ignited the flame,
Here, no one’s to blame.

Buried them in the grave,
For whom you thought I was brave,
Yet, I am a nobody but a failed lover,
Who searches his soul to cover.

Thrashed them in the ashtray,
Prodded to the burning point,
Here on I lit the joint,
Smoke away my worries, drink the wounds pint by pint.

Slashed the identities that ruled me,
Told me sad stories about me,
Slit my body open and became,
Someone else.

I don’t recognize the person in the mirror,
I don’t antagonize the person in the mirror,
I don’t relate to the person in the mirror,
Cause he’s long gone, forgotten, in a rotten world,
Now, I reincarnated, to live, the life without whatever my reflection lived through.

I reincarnated to not love someone to deep,
So that I lay awake by the night,
Under the sky full of shining stars, only to weep,
I swept away the older me,
Now, I’m incapable of love,
Incapable of loving too much,
Getting hurt too much,
I reincarnated from my reflections,
But, I do not recognize them when I see the mirror.
© Ashraf Shaikh