The Girl in the Broken Glass

She only comes to me When the room is quiet When daylight stops pretending And the evening tells the truth I remember every version She tried to leave behind I never looked away She thinks I only hold her face She never sees what I contain The laughter Before the silence The courage Before the disguise She calls them memories I call them home The mirror remembers What we forget Every light Every fracture Every promise Still unkept The girl in the broken glass Never disappeared She was waiting For someone brave enough To look Some reflections wear perfection Some wear carefully chosen smiles Some carry every unanswered question Like jewellery no one else can see She thinks she’s meeting me She’s meeting herself Don’t apologise For surviving Don’t apologise For changing Even broken glass Still remembers How to catch the light The mirror remembers What we forget Every shadow Every sunrise Every version Still exists The girl in the broken glass Isn’t trapped there anymore She’s walking Towards the woman She already is I never forgot you I was only waiting For you to look back