It is myself I see

Reflections are only what we see

It is myself I see

by jack

 

 

In this mirror, stands a man, who smiles back at me

I seem to understand his face for all that I can see

He seems to know me back again his eyes do search me so

An image of the past begins and endless feelings flow

 

For when did this, my age become, a shadowed light to shine

If only I had known myself I’d change me in this time

For when these days do call my name and I so slowly fall

On bended knee it’s not the same for time has come to call

 

Yet somewhere in the deepest sense I feel that heart beat race

If only I would see a smile that now adorns your face

Then back to days of long before my mind would surely fly

If you were only here with me to quell these tears I cry

 

Like fog does filter through my sight and days of long ago

Do pass before me on this night of memories to show

I see a different person there, not who I soon shall be

But that of someone laughing loud and living happily

 

For if my life is in your arms then all of me will say

Reflections do not mean a thing I’ll look the other way

For on that day the world will spin in perfect majesty

If but my eyes do see your smile now standing there with me

 

My dreams are of a stubborn realm to come before my eyes

For as I wake from every sleep I learn to realize

That everything does disappear, the sun and moon above

If any day I wake to find I do not have your love

 

So of this face now staring back in questions faded true

Within my heart my sorrowed path I pray takes me to you

Then what I see, reflecting here, within this polished sheen

I know will be the reason that it is myself I see

Author's Note

Thank you for reading

A funny note: The captcha for posting this poem is "fathead"

Reviews

[Daisie Vergara (Dhaye)]

Superb as usual! How I wish I can write the way you does. I like this one so much.
Reflection of ourselves helps us discover who we are. The things we have done in the past, and the decisions we might stand for in the future.
Hope to read more. Keep writing the best!

[Jack...]

Thank you so much for your kind words.