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cardboard and mirrors
There’s a voyeur stalking my cardboard hideaway
and I wish I could turn off the neon lights
pulsing out of my chest
whispering to the mirror monsters
that threaten to take me away
to another dimension
when I get too close
to the sparkle of my own reflection
The world never looks right
through the tinted lens
I keep pressed again the fibres
of this paper prison
there’s a hazy vignette
that promises more than it can give
on the outskirts of my vision
but I’m not sure how to find clarity
in the peripherals when I’m too scared
to punch a hole through this reality
in the hopes the one outside is kinder
‘Cause I’m the voyeur stalking
my own cardboard hideaway
in a kaleidoscope of bright lights and beige
trying to get deeper into the heart of me
while I try to keep myself out
a scared little girl
hiding from the mirrors
afraid her reflection might be dazzling
in contrast to the invisible child she feels inside
© Indie Adams 2019
and I wish I could turn off the neon lights
pulsing out of my chest
whispering to the mirror monsters
that threaten to take me away
to another dimension
when I get too close
to the sparkle of my own reflection
The world never looks right
through the tinted lens
I keep pressed again the fibres
of this paper prison
there’s a hazy vignette
that promises more than it can give
on the outskirts of my vision
but I’m not sure how to find clarity
in the peripherals when I’m too scared
to punch a hole through this reality
in the hopes the one outside is kinder
‘Cause I’m the voyeur stalking
my own cardboard hideaway
in a kaleidoscope of bright lights and beige
trying to get deeper into the heart of me
while I try to keep myself out
a scared little girl
hiding from the mirrors
afraid her reflection might be dazzling
in contrast to the invisible child she feels inside
© Indie Adams 2019
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