I look in the mirror;

Don't like what I see;

Is that saturnine woman

Actually me?

 

Where is the girl

With a smile that shone?

All grown up;

The smile's long gone.

 

Embittered and cynical;

Forlorn and morose;

Sees only the thorns

-Not the beautiful rose.

 

Note to self:

Need attitude shift!

Life's not a burden;

Life is a gift.