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Lying Reflection
Long ago I got a letter
 from my reflection in the mirror.
 It told me of wonderful dreams,
 of how it could almost touch the stars,
 and that one day I would blaze a path.
  That soon everything would be crystal
 
 clear. But it lied that crystal,
 the words in the letter 
 were untrue,  my path
 was fog covered in the mirror,
 and wishing on stars
 wasn't getting me anywhere. Say good bye to my dreams.
 
 I hope mine weren't the only dreams
 that ended. The path ahead was not crystal 
 clear and the stars
 did not shine. Every letter
 I got was a broken promise in a shattered mirror.
 and a different path
 
 to take. But which path
 to follow? My long fought for dreams
 were cut open by shards of a broken mirror,
 that sparkled like crystal
 buried in the ground. Each letter
 a warning not to reach for the stars.
 
 But I reached for those stars
 anyways.  I  tried to follow the path
 I chose. I took that stupid letters
 advice and went after my dreams.
 That fortune telling crystal,
 it fooled me into thinking my refection in the mirror
 
 was right. But looking at the broken pieces of that mirror
 I saw that when I reached for the stars
 they were too far, my path
 was not what I once thought it was, and my dreams
 too big to dream.  My reflection lied to me in that letter.
 
 Long ago I got a letter from my reflection in the mirror.
 It lied about my dreams and how I should reach for the stars.
 It lied about how my path was crystal clear.
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