Reflection

To reflect
To look back
Oh to look forward!
To stare
Until the eyes begin to droop
The nose falling to the left
Mouth slipping down the chin
To distort

To stare at the distortion, knowing deep down it is you
but being unable to recognize
Unable to tear your gaze away

A future in the reflection
To step inside
To grab
To hold
To cradle
Such a delicate future

Oh to have a guarantee!
To know for certain that it awaits

Yet the distortion creeps further apart
A reflection of something yet to come
If it comes at all

To look back
Unwilling to look forward