Nothing by Something

As I look into the mirror
I see the terrible horror
The one in which I’ve created
The one that I have hated

So, look at me
What do you see?
Do you see the girl?
Who’s broken, beaten, and numb?
Or the girl who shows you
Exactly what you want to see?

I see a terrible nothing
A broken something
A sadly hidden girl
And an unpolished pearl

But why would you
At all see something
For I see nothing
And that nothing I’ll stay