Mirror

Reflecting my face,
A glow shining bright
"Is that really me?"
I asked in the light

The mirror just laughed,
"It’s you, can’t you see?
Like stars in the night,
Some parts hide, yet be"

The mirror speaks truth,
Both flawless and flawed,
It masks nothing real,
No beauty, no fraud

For years, I had looked,
At what I wished true,
But now, stripped away,
Stood nothing but you

The mirror just laughed,
Yet this time, I knew—
No more disguise,
Just me shining through