Mirror Images
in the early light of day
i rise from shadows of dreams
two days ago a cousin i hadn’t seen
called to say my aunt had died
at the age of 101 who
time and time thought about me
and a moment of sorrow
became a brief celebration of life
recollections from the last time
of time together my cousin and I spent together
of time I spent on her parents farm
of time she spent at my parents’ summer cottage
a paradise as it lives in my mind
beyond the time it was parceled and sold
we talked about moments passed
and now it’s fall
now i look out the window
at brown leaves in november
once green in may
in reflections of nothingness
and visions of everything
and now
as i plot a busy day
a bird outside of my window
sings a bittersweet song
as the life I knew fades into memory
the whispers of lives of the children
my cousin and I once were
Copyright © Mike Bayles | Year Posted 2022
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