Look Away

Standing looking in the mirror
 Wondering who it is I see
 The face seems so familiar
 But it doesn't look like me
 Something is changing, something's different
 A foreign look behind my stare
 I feel frantic, almost desperate
 He acts as if he doesn't care
 A smile cracks his face, a tear comes to my eye
 His laughter fills the room, words echo in my mind
 Look away- (Don't look at me)
 Look away- (You won't like what you see)
 Look away- (Fear what's inside me)
 But I can't look away
 Fell the lock of tension closing
 As I slowly turn the key
 I sense joints lock into place
 Like cement setting in my veins
 Like an attic stored with memories, the contents are so rarely seen
 Look away- (Don't look at me)
 Look away- (You won't like what you see)
 Look away- (Fear what's inside me)
 But I can't look away
 A complex creature, I labor to see through the haze
 I strive to know myself, but I'm lost within the maze
 It's painful learning the truth about myself
 So I always look away
 Through the passage lies the answers, to the questions inside me
 So, tomorrow like today, I'll stare again, doing nothing