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Reflection of True Self
Tatiana Machado
I am a culinary student at Lake Washington Institute of
Technology. I am eighteen years old, a type one diabetic, and a
student in the high school programs academy. I am still very
unsure of who I am. But going through life thus far has taught
me that the past does not define us, but it is our perception of
the world around us that defines our personalities, our
decisions and our happiness in life.
When I look to the past to see who I am,
I find myself dancing with my reflection.
Constantly hindering,
Getting in the way of knowing myself.
When I talk, I am replied with an echo.
When I walk, I bump into myself.
One day I will run away from my past.
It will try to chase, but as reflected
Will run in the opposite direction.
My past can stay trapped in the looking glass.
People wear masks of mirrors.
When with others,
Majorly what they reflect is others.
Only partially do they reflect themselves,
For they reflect what little they see of themselves
In the faces of others.
Only when alone do people show their true image.
Never truly alone, but ever lonely.