Reflection

From: Mulan


Look at me,


I may never pass for a perfcet bride, or a perfect daughter.


Can it be,


I'm not meant to play this part?


Now I see, that if I were truly to be myself,


I would break my family's heart.


Who is that girl I see, staring straight back at me?


Why is my reflection someone I don't know?


Who is that perfect bride?


It's not me, though I've tried.


When will my reflection show, who I am, inside?


How I pray, that a time will come,


I can free myself, from their expectations


On that day, I'll discover someway to be myself,


and to make my family proud.


They want a docile lamb,


No-one knows who I am.


Must there be a secret me,


I'm forced to hide?


Must I pretend that I am someone else for all time?


When will my reflection show, who I am inside?


When will my reflection show, who I am inside?

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