Startled in the darkness, she reaches out and cries
She touches her reflection, the mirror a surprise
Her wet eyes find her dry ones and she gazes steadily
The face inside the mirror not what she thought it would be.
She finds herself a stranger, this new image unexpected
The strength she sees inside herself is hardly recollected
Especially by her, and truly not within this moment
While her head hangs low with cheeks still damp with the tears of her atonement.
But in this very instant she sees the reason for her power
A Goddess lives inside her, ready to rise up in this hour
Within herself she sees the need to release all of her fears
She glances into the mirror and swiftly wipes away her tears
And from this very moment she knows she only has to live
To do the best she knows she can and to give all she can give.
And so she takes her first step and heads into the night
She's the only strength she'll ever need, she now makes her own light.
Written by [
Nioniel]