Shoes -
stiffly embracing, supporting
stumbling steps,
standing tall, but ever more distant
from the earth beneath your feet.
Mirror -
a stranger imprisoned in glass
touching your nose, your cheek,
the sudden realization
“That’s me… but who am I?”
Dream -
improbable truths dance across
impossible landscapes
till you wake with hidden worlds
deep inside your mind.
Lie –
Slipping from your lips in haste
a spider’s thread swiftly spun
gossamer heavy it clung
revealing what truth left undone.
Love -
sudden onset, heart affliction,
addiction to a face, a voice,
a choice made in youthful innocence,
desire discovered, heart exposed.
Every first is a new beginning,
an opening into a hall of mirrors,
reflections of a million opportunities
multiplying with each step you take.
Seek out new firsts, my friends, have fun,
they shape you,
not into something finished
but into someone just begun.
It's like learning to live again in a different world.