Every time I look
In the mirror
I see a different person
And when you look at me
You see a new person
Someone I’ll never see.
You know
On the inside
We’re all the same
The key components
Keeping us functioning
Keeping us craving
A better look
A new identity.

Mask inner turmoil
With a new haircut
And crash your body
With no food
To change the outside
And ignore the in.

We don’t trust ourselves
Behind the wheel
We block out the pain
Changing something
Anything
To lap up the compliments
And pretend
We feel better.
Can we ever be happy
In our own skins?
Blasted from every side
By the media
By life itself
Charging pressure
Forcing our hand
What can we do?
Go with the mob?
Or sit alone
On the outside.

Identity
Our fingerprints
Our DNA
The only things
That stay the same.