Duality

The mirror: enemy and friend.

You take what I give you and distort my perception, giving back twisted view of the life I've lived.

You show my every inch of every scar and convince me I'm nothing more than a failure, nothing is good enough for my reflection, so it criticizes me on the daily

Similarly...

When I look at your shining medium and see the potential for a great future, the love that currently escapes me & the people I will help, it makes all the more reason for me to wash away the tattered image of self from my psyche and build my productive, strong personality.

What goes on behind the glass?