A mirror never lies
It only shows the truth.
And those eyes which so compelled me
now fall short of all their youth.
And your lips?
How sweet did they feel
pressed upon my skin..
But now they're cracked and broken
they look too thin..
Are you sick?
Are you hurt?
Whatever could I do?
You'd have to be blind, deaf and dumb
not to see how I care for you.
But, if this mirror were to show all
and for the worlds innocence- I hope it does not
One would see your broken soul
weeping heart, cold emotionless knot.
For I've gazed into that hole
the one you hold inside yourself.
I've seen your tight emotions,
kept on a dark, dusty shelf.
My heart screams to yours, "I love you!
Did I not come when you cried out!?!
Was I not kind? My heart,
did I not throw about?!?
But my love you wear a mask
and I beg you, take it off.
But to the world you never would
and I guess I'm not enough- I'm too soft.
And now my own heart weeps
that I could not be more .
But still I stand here waiting,
taking the teasing moments- and much more.
Is it so hard to imagine?!
With that shattered mind of yours??
When intoxicated, you love me
your vice opens your doors.
But then the sun rises
doors close, walls spring up.
And I sit here an Aries,
a hopeless romantic, my gaze turns up.
So look hard into this mirror
tell me what you see.
And if you see the bleeding heart behind you,
don't be surprised to find it's me
-Jessica Carpenter-
