Challenging the Mirror
Deepening my answers
Another challenger awakes
To reveal to me my shadows
To then witness my mistakes
Always I had listened
In close proximity
To self-inflicted violence
To the end of harmony
Casting shadows in the sunlight
I was trapped within the walls
Where a child then controlled me
Until the buildings grew too tall
My darkness took this moment
Of self-deceiving fear
To climb above my reason
And to whisper in my ear
“All shadows are connected”
He showed me this is true
“And whatever you’ve inflicted
Is the dead reflection of your youth”
I woke up then to realise
Several centuries had passed
And all within five years
The walls had gone at last
Deepening this vision
The challenger draws breath
Now walking through the mirror
My shadow exerts the pain that’s left
Copyright © Ian Petch | Year Posted 2009
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