When I look in the mirror
Do I like what I see?
Could I be friends with
The man staring back at me?
Can I respect this person
For the things he has done,
Or do I see in his eyes
The things he’s run from?
The reflection I cast,
Is it the one that I want?
Is it the same from the back
As it is from the front?
The things that I do,
Day after day,
Are they changing my life
In the right way?
When I meet someone new,
What do they see?
Is it anything like
The man I want to be?
I can’t change the person
I was in the past,
But I can change the image
That the mirror casts.
As I become the person
That I know I can be,
I find it much easier to love
The man staring back at me.
- Steven Woller
