reflections: a teen’s poems about navigating love and heartbreak in the shadow of trauma, mental illness, and a broken family

welcome to the story of my lifethe happiness,the tears,the sadness,and the fears,staring back at me,to slowly reveal.when i look into the mirror,it's a monster.a goblin full of my past mistakes,the past spoken words and screams,the times when my head was foggy not clean.i see the monster and i think that's who i am,as i am realistically just a girl,a girl in a small town,who walks around with a constant frown.my reflection is always staring back at me.