My Reflection Poem by Emma Alberts

Is that really me?
Or someone I don't know?
Where's the real me?
The side I usually show?

What am I to see
But someone else's reflection looking back at me?

People demanding
For someone I'm not
I can't do this anymore
Not giving it all I got

What am I to see
But someone else's reflection looking back at me?

Being the person I am
Don't care what others are thinking
No more sadness
No more sinking

I now see
My reflection looking back at me

(Winter 2008, Age 11, Door County, Wisconsin)