Gift Bag of Misery

Gift Bag of Misery

Like a two-headed monster from Pandora’s Box

Or a hidden room of misery, that this master key unlocks

The ability to see the thoughts we would deny we think

Overwhelms our thalamus, in just a blink

Sometimes this vile creature tortures me with tears

Then in the silent darkness, it unleashes hidden fears

Like the mirror of an Evil Queen

Revealing truths, better left unseen

I catch a glimpse of who I really am

This fateful mirror, reveals the sham

Informed now with this painful reality, I run my humbly assigned race

Seeing life with this greater clarity, I’m more inclined to give you grace

So perhaps it is a two-sided coin, that this box has given me

A gift carefully wrapped within, this gift bag of misery