I gaze into the mirror

Unfamiliar sight looks back at me

Where did you go, old friend?

An unknown reality

Pain rips through my soul

Darkness creeps within

An addiction born from me

My intimate sin

Darkened eyes glazed over

Peering from the cage

Piercing stares that shatter the truth

A vision born from rage

Remembrance of the pain I hold

An internal raised affliction

It feeds the anger within my soul

My immortal addiction

Do not put your trust in me

For you will never learn

All your hope you feel for me

I’ll set on fire and burn

My dearest friends

You give me love and affection

Yet you cannot pierce a darkened soul

The end is my rejection

Only I can save myself

So please just let me be

This is the path I walk

For all eternity