The see the smile fade away.
They know I'm not the girl they used to know.
They see the sadness in my eyes.
They see the tears that streaked my face.
I look at the image of my past self.
I see a girl once so full of ambition.
I stare at a person that seems so familiar.
Eyes so dull with defeat.
No hope left within.
I stare so hard until I finally see,
A girl once filled with dreams of her own,
Left so defeated by the trials that made their way through her.
I see her cry,
I watch her break down.
They know that life has dealt her an unfair hand.
I stare at her until I see,
The reflection of a girl I knew,
Of a girl I know.
The reflection of me.