Reflection

Your reflection follows me everywhere
I see you in shopfronts,
I see you in puddles on the sidewalk.
I see you in the butterfly that landed on my hand.

And I fight
Against odds,
Against doubt of people
Against myself.
And I’ll fight
With you around me like battle armour.

As I looked around the dark tunnel,
I realized I was cursed to be alone there forever,
Until you came down from above,
Swooped down like the hero
In the action movies,
And gave me light.

And I know,
I know,
I know
There is no before you
And there will be no after you.
But I’ve seen you in reflections,
I’ve seen your face in strange places.
First, I thought I was doomed by the weight of you
On my shoulders
Forever.
Pulling me down in the cold ocean
But I learned that I’m gifted with the memory of you
As a reminder that life can be kind
Like you.