you flashed me a reassuring smile
it resonated with warmth and
trust and all things good and perfect
and you tightly grasped my quivering hand
peered inside the depths of my soul
screamed in terror at what you saw
because i was a mirror
that reflected all your unappealing faults
the shattered pieces of your life
you tried to glue back together to no avail
these fragments —
i hurled them back at you like insults
and you ran away in tears
for you glimpsed within me
a frightening beast
but little did you know
you were the monster after all.