Nothing I do can stop it

Nothing

I look in the mirror

I smile

I see what everyone else sees

But the mirror lies

Beneath it all

That's where the demons lurk

Because it's not the world

That is hurting me

It's my mind

My own mind has turned

It is against me

And when the world around me

Goes quiet and still

There is nothing to drown them out

Then, the mirror

Finally reflects me