The Imitation Thief.

We trade our minds for mirrors that are not our own.

They glimmer with a false and tempting sea.

When fear invites another voice to claim our own.

We chase perfection’s shimmer as if it shone,

And hush the flaws that set our spirits free.

We trade our minds for mirrors that are not our own.

We hush the tremble in ideas we have grown,

While hoping some machine will guarantee.

When fear invites another voice to claim our own.

We lean toward easy praise in borrowed tone,

And let our living thoughts become debris.

We trade our minds for mirrors that are not our own.

We watch our stories wander far from home,

As if they never rose from memory.

When fear invites another voice to claim our own.

The future asks us to protect the seeds we have sown,

To trust the spark that shapes our destiny.

We trade our minds for mirrors that are not our own,

When fear invites another voice to claim our own.