The Mirror
I come to a sudden halt when I see
someone staring back at me
a picture of a women
with a strange look in her eye
who’s that? I wonder out loud
I’m not sure, not really
Staring at her longer, then I understand
I know who she is, sort of
but she’s changed so much
since the last time I saw her
only her eyes are the same
and that look, I’ve seen it before
it’s a reflection, an echo
an image etched in my mind
from the last time we met
as I reach out to her
she reaches towards me
then I know, as I feel the coolness
of the hard, flat surface of a mirror
©️ L Conway 2021
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Written on 2021
Submitted by MidlandAngel68 on September 07, 2021
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 564 |
Words | 123 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 19, 1 |
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