My reflection is not me

I refuse to submit to my weaknesses. I refuse to be weighed down by the things I cannot do. I refuse to be weak.

But I wonder, if I refuse to accept my weakness does that make me strong? Or is the refusal to accept these weaknesses a weakness too?

When I look in the mirror, I see a girl restrained by the things she cannot do. I see a girl whose cowering in the dark, refusing to accept the things dealt to her by fate. I see a girl whose trying hard enough to prove to the world that she's strong even when inside her she's crumbling and weak.

I refuse to accept that the girl I see in the mirror is me. We may look the same but I refuse to accept her weaknesses. I will not be weighed down by it. My weaknesses will be my strength. I will not be alone like her. I will not stand alone all my life. Her petty emotions will not hamper me.

I will not be her. I refuse to be her. She may be my reflection, but I am my own person.