On Reflection



The two-faced mirror offers platitudes
To its own imperfect reflection
And you know it can't be trusted

Looking your own image in the eye
You bear witness to the incessant yearning
Once more to savour that familiar slow kiss

Yet sensing how the story seems to end
Each second of separation feels like a day
Each day an eternity of emptiness

Looking into the pretty vacant void
The multitude of questions is answered
Solely with a scream of perfect sorrow

But surely there must be a point
Sharp enough to cause this pain
A shard of mirrored glass perhaps

A point to driving an empty highway
All night long with burning eyes aching
To embrace an everlasting darkness

Yes surely you reason there must be a point
In continuing to love a beautiful illusion
That constantly speaks all the right words

An illusion that blows such sweet virtual kisses
Making you thirst for one more lonely day
quenched with as yet unshattered dreams

The two-faced mirror stares bleakly back at you
And you are suddenly aware that the arc of a tear
Is reflecting infinitely diminishing images of your love

Whilst memory's own misty mirror internally reflects
On so many possibilities that never were
And too many probabilities that never will be
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Submitted on September 24, 2014

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John Huffam

Every now and thenI am somewhat inspiredTo reach for a penAnd jot 'til I'm tired!Sometimes a sketchSometimes a poemI never know whichOr where things are goingUntil it is timeTo put down the quillAnd if it's a rhymeAnd I have time to killThen perhaps I will callTo this very placeAnd post on the wallIn front of your faceThe latest emissionfrom J.Huffam's cell, notA garret or prison,The last grey one I've got!:-) more…

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