Love of a Stranger

A Stranger in my mirror,
A Stranger in my home,
A Stranger lives inside me,
At least I'm not alone.

People pass by me,
Gossiping as they go,
I'm searching for a friendly face,
Someone I may know.

As defeat sweeps through me,
I sink onto the ground,
For the stranger from within,
Is the only friend to be found.

I can't see her face,
This mask she always wears,
Her voice full of hate,
As she laughs, no one cares.

The hopeless feeling consumes me,
At the truths she has to say,
She attacks my every weakness,
In her wickedly beautiful way.

Sometimes I try to ignore her,
Though I know that she is right,
I push and shove at her,
But I'm too weak to win this fight.

The stranger takes over,
I'm now being controlled,
I try to break free of her,
But she tightens up her hold.

Her darkness surrounds us,
Yet, I'm at peace,
Her masked little town,
The only place I find relief.

The stranger falls silent,
As she removed her mask,
I didn't say a word,
I hadn't dare to ask.

The face I saw before me,
Was not a face anew,
But a face of pure sadness,
A nightmare come true.

The stranger now naked,
Finally clear to see,
This was no stranger,
She, was me.

It's a terrifying notion,
When you come to find,
You're being held captive,
Inside your own mind.

Becoming the victim,
A tortured shattered soul,
Afraid that without her,
You'll no longer be whole.

Two people, living in one body,
Hearing several different voices,
Being no good for each other,
But running out of choices.

Because we've come to know,
Killing one or the other,
Really means losing both.