Self betrayal: a misbehaved, 

disobedient child

performing for an audience.

“Do as I say

Not as I do”

echoed reflections of a mirror

fragmented and true.
 

What you don’t say

is also what you do. 

Inherited your broken heart

and became you.
 

Sought safety in danger,

found reward in punishment:

fated self betrayal.

Aztec God Tezcatlipoca, whose name translates to “smoking mirror” and whose epithets include Monantzin (“your mother”) and Motatzin (“your father”).