I am a mirror, a cup of coffee, a waterfall, unbroken.
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I am a mirror.
I reflect the look of others.
Even with no influence
I am never blank.
Elusive, colorless, sharp
I sit there and stare
until one day I shatter
or someone breaks me
into a thousand little bits
of bad luck and spiteful tone.
I am a cup of coffee.
I invite you in
only to burn you
and draw you back again.
Manipulative, addicting, bold
I go from bitter to sickeningly sweet
with a just a little additive or adoration.
I am a waterfall.
I rush through life
surging, lashing, breaking through
the walls, barricades, that desperately
try to hold me back
from my dominance.
And they can't.
I can't be broken, sweetened, stopped.
You can put a filter on me.
A thousand, a million
pounds of responsibility and eye shadow.
You can call me every name in the book
that no one's even read.
You can bend me to the core
with your hatred, your bitterness, your love.
But I will not break.
I refuse to let your influence
tell me I'm not good enough.
Dammit, I'm good enough!
You can watch as I rise
and as I'm pushed off every cliff.
But you, I promise it,
you will see me come again.
I will rise up from each ash that burns me,
every gear that stops turning
every hand across my face
every moment that I hear no,
I will rise!
At my core
I am nothing
if not strong.
I am iron,
broken, melted, shaped, burnt, destroyed,
but I am always iron.
I am my element
no matter what you do.
I cannot
I will not
Be broken.