The Man in the Mirror Options

[+Steven Curtis Lance]

The Man in the Mirror

for Nick Rocz

The man in the mirror is becoming my friend
So familiar and so like me in the end
That I worry about him when he is away
And feel better about him when he is not
Off wherever he goes but someone has to stay
Behind I suppose or that is what he thought

Or so the man in the mirror got me to agree
On this side or so I thought then when he brought
It up but now I wonder if that was only me
Since for better of worse our images reverse
He called me his shadow but would not explain
And when I asked him he would only say

"Mirror mirror on the wall
As I wonder how
Who reflects whom now
I wonder if you know
Seeing my reflection
Which of me is after all"

But being reflection
The mirror does not know
All it knows is that it goes
Without introspection
The mirror would be helpful but
It says it does not know how only what

In which direction
Does reflection go?

The mirror does not know
It says (and looks the other way)

I will have to look in the mirror and see
Over there where it looks so much clearer to me
About this and ask my friend if I might come
Across through the mirror the better to see clearer
What I have only seen reflected but
If there is happiness there I would like to find some

And if it is true that over there is where I become
The person he makes it look so easy to be
Or come across that way or at least come nearer
Through the mirror where my friend seems to be so free
Making me ask why I have to remain
Here behind the window of opportunity

Wishing I knew which is looking which way
I entertain the possibility
That the man in the mirror might be me
Only to be frightened into turning away
To turn back and ask my friend which I might be
Who am I / who are we anyway?

Mirror mirror on the wall
As we wonder how
Who reflects whom now
We wonder if you know
Seeing our reflection
Which of us is after all

In which direction
Does reflection go?

The mirror does not know
It says (or knows but does not say)

+Steven Curtis Lance



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