With a single blow
I shatter the mirror.
Momentarily stunned,
I ignore the throbbing spasm
That slowly crawls up in my arm
Gnawing its way to my mind.

I begin to awaken,
As this corroding sense of self-worthlessness
And deepening mood of remorse
Slowly, callously conspires
With my merciless memories…
Bringing me slowly to the edge of endurance.

A mountain of protest
Begins to jostle my mind,
As these mortifying thoughts
Begin to surface.
Relentlessly these thoughts
Begin to encircle and then reside in my heart.

This night of experience finally begins
To reach its conclusion.
Defiantly, without empathy
My thoughts begin to focus
Upon this milestone
In my life.

Love for me, by me
Cannot exist in close proximity of me.
This unexpected milestone,
Now prominent in my thoughts,
Quickly imprisons my already depleted hopes
As I accept my fate.

With sluggish, defeated breaths
I breathe again
As I begin a new chapter
In my life…
I brace myself
For a loveless, lonely future.