I stare into the mirror
Those aren't my eyes I see
Someone stares back
But that someone isn't me

I talk to my friends
But it's not my words I speak
That's not my laugh that sounds
I am gagged, and weak

Someone else controls me
My every move and choice
I cower in darkness
Suppressed without a voice

Everyone that loves me
Loves somebody else
Someone in disguise
Someone that is false

Only in my loneliness
Can I emerge
From my mind's prison
So my thoughts I can purge

I prefer solitude
To company
This way I can express
The truest side of me

I am a hostage
To someone I can't escape
I must bow
So I don't break

I look in the mirror
Those are my eyes I see
These eyes are filled with hate
Hate, burning toward me