Mirrors

 

 

 

Eye to eye with you, My other self

The monster in the mirror who shares my face

Shadows of what you once were still fill my mind

And they fade... fade into part of who I am

Can't look in the mirror and not see

Reflections of you

 

I cannot be rid of you, never want to become you again

You taunt me, you  mock me

No longer real, but frightening enough because you once were

My own personal demon that used to be me

 

I see you, I know you for what you are, what you were

Though I wish I could forget

You cannot fathom me

But you reach out and pull me in

 

I will never become you again

An ill-fitting garment, an image of a different shape

A different maker

A stranger's face, a different pattern you would lay over you

The same, but different

Please God, not different but theh same.

 

You reduce me to less than what you are with a glance

At least you were committed to your escape run

But were you so certain of everything?

 

If you were right and I now wrong

Why am I the one standing on the other side

And you locked behind a glass door?

You were conquered before

And you always will be again

My Defender melted your walls of stone

And has promised they will never rise again

 

Oh for your vain, fickle dreams!

You may lure me, but I will never again be conquered!

He has replaced my brittle bones with iron

Iron melted over fire and re-forged

Changing - always - but stronger for refinement

And He will turn my mourning into dancing