Reflection

Familiar lines and slopes
Eyes that say I know
That woman in the water
Looking back at me
A ghostly recognition

Her heart was beating
On her sleeve
A pretty white blouse
Thick
With the blood of life

Youth written on her face
Each smile
Every shy glance
The light of hope
Fire burning in her eyes

Her rebellious need to dream
Oozing from every pore
To escape, run
Turning into everything she imagined
No fear of failure

Remember being her once
Just for a moment
Before I settled
Packing my dreams away in the closet
And putting my heart in the fridge

Change must come
My repentance
Fear and indifference cast aside
My heart beating once again
Dreams flowing through my veins

I pray she forgives me
Happy to have seen her here today
To draw me from my misery
So I could recognize myself
Embracing lost beauty