Ghost
"What have I done to you?"
Matched eyes in the silver glass
Gaze into their own
Searching, but
finding only ghosts
A fading outline of someone who existed long ago,
But since has fallen into shadows,
a voice meek and low
And the shadow that gazes back,
looking on from the other side
Face withdrawn, eyes wide
Opens her mouth in silent screaming
“What have you done to me?”
A matched pair,
once equally strong
Struggled for power through the years
Now, only smoky swirls are left reflecting in the mirror
And each self-loathing gaze I cast
pushes her further away
Fading
Alone and unseen
What have I done to you?
“What have I done to me?”
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