Prisoner
I look in the mirror
My reflection cackles back at me
A smug grimace consumes its face
Pain fiercely burns throughout my body like a million hot rocks on my tender skin
The pain spreads throughout my body, reaching my soul
Tampering with my mind
I ask
Why me?
I am a prisoner to my own body
I cannot seem to break the shackles pinning me down
Suffocating me
I look in the mirror
The reflection I see is not me
I shatter the mirror along with my reflection
I will not surrender
I must free my body
Destroy the shackles, and escape my body's demons.
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