My Mirror - Tina Dico

When I feel your eyes on me I fall to my knees

And I wait for your look to judge and define me

I’m just a thin shell breaking in your palm

Starving for substance, identity

I am not afraid of this act of mutual creation

I take from you as you take from me

Like nervous hands reaching out for each other

Your eyes can tell no lies, I am what you see

You’re my mirror

Everything I do I see in you

You’re my mirror

In your eyes I hide

You’re my mirror

What you see is what you’re giving me

You’re my mirror

In your eyes

As I turn around to leave, still in your spell

I catch a glimpse of my reflection in the window by your bed

What an odd surprise to bump into myself like this

I can see right through myself to the flowers on your lawn

And the empty space before me swallows everything you give

I turn back to your look to find peace in your eyes

I’m nothing without you, I’m hollow without you

You’re my mirror

Everything I do I see in you

You’re my mirror

In your eyes I hide

You’re my mirror

What you see is what you’re giving me

You’re my mirror

It’s in your eyes

I find in his look an insecurity childishly submissive

I say foolish things I do strange things for attention

He finds within me some kind of unfamiliar hardness

He sees both the child and the cynic

Everyhing I hold inside of me

Everything I’m hoping I can be

You’re my mirror

Everything I do I see in you

You’re my mirror

In your eyes I hide

You’re my mirror

What you see is what you’re giving me

You’re my mirror

It’s in your eyes