The Struggle Within

Staring at the reflective mirror    
My life is at an impasse    
Decisions have never been clearer    
My fists pounding on the glass    
   
In pieces the mirror shatters    
Broken like my thoughts unknown    
Wondering if anything matters    
Traveling in this world alone    
   
Life is no longer worth living    
I'm tired of the constant pain    
My sins can never be forgiven    
Lifes vicious cycle is insane    
   
Contemplating the unimaginable    
I grab a broken glass shard    
Making deaths experience tangible    
By escaping my memories scarred    
   
The demons in my head battle    
A battle between dark and light    
What happens next has me rattled    
As the moon illuminates the night    
   
I placed the shard against my neck    
So close I was drawing blood    
That thought was then rejected    
And the tears began to flood    
   
I reflected on every memory    
Of the times in my life I smiled    
They outweighed the misery    
I've experienced for awhile    
   
So I focused on the good instead    
And took a fresh breath to rebegin    
Knowing better days lie ahead    
I overcame the struggle within