Reflections



Stranger! I see you
lurking in the shadows,
Show your face to me!
Let me see
who I am up against,
Let me see
what weakness does haunt me,
Aww, that's better,
and what a sight you are!
Is this what I have become?
Have I sunken this far?

The stranger's hands
are knarled and twisted,
His body bent and bowed,
His face sunken and shadowed,
His eyes dull and lifeless,
Aww, what a pitiful sight you are!
Is this what I have become?
Have I sunken this far?

Yes, I've lost my will to live,
I have no love left in my heart,
I just lost interest in life,
I had hopes, and dreams,
ambitions too,
Just go away! Let me be!
How dare you make me
look like this!
I am just a little down you see!

Maybe in time this heart will mend,
Maybe someday I will love again,
Right now is just not the time,
Maybe later, you just wait and see,
Who gave you the power to say?
You are a pitiful little man!
It's you who needs to go away!

The stranger recedes
into the shadows,
In a whispered, hoarse voice
he speaks,
"I am what you have become,
You are no more a man
than me,
I am the mirror of your soul,
You only speak ill of yourself,
No more, can you grow old."

As I crumple to the ground,
The stranger reaches out
his twisted hand to mine,
I reach for him
knowing I have failed,
A sudden peace comes into my mind,
Now we are set free,
At last I understand,
No more tormented by a love
that will never be,
No more haunted by the man
I could never be.
11-12-97




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