The Man in the Mirror

The man in the mirror pleads  
Do your daily deeds  
Do them until it bleeds  
   
I looked away.  
   
The monster in the mirror screamed  
Silent tears reflect fears so extreme  
This can’t be real, must be a dream  
   
I’m on my knees  
   
The monster in the mirror maligns  
Reflection unaligned  
Undefined designs defy  
   
I’m on my feet  
   
Shattered shards of sharp glass  
Reflective reality of the past  
Broken and buried in the trash  
   
I’m sprinting  
   
Dreams and desires in detail  
Fully focused, obstacles countervail’d  
Paid the price for power to prevail  
   
I am    
What I am    
and damned  
If I won’t become  
More than I am  
   
...More than a man.