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My Own Reflection

Your face - it's so beautiful

Yet I cannot bear to look

For I fear that I may see

In it, my own reflection

 

I ask you - please, turn away

I beg of you - just do it

My minds consumed by terror

A nightmare lies between us

 

You're asking me - I know it

To share our lives together

Have you never read the quote

Yes -  l'enfer, c'est les autres

 

Don't you know that I'll fail you

I'll see your disappointment

And then your eyes will harden

I'll suffer for your judgement

 

So go on take your beauty

Beauty that I cannot face

For I fear that I may see

In you, my own reflection.

 

 

"So this is hell. I'd never have believed it. You remember all we were told about the torture-chambers, the fire and brimstone, the 'burning marl.' Old wives' tales! There's no need for red-hot pokers. Hell is - other people!"           Jean-Paul Sartre, No Exit.