Lover in the Mirror

I look into the mirror

And face myself

Thinking there resides

A lover with words of appreciation

Sadly, there's nobody

But for pure commerce

Offering the amount of depreciation

For my face value,

Body, mind, and soul.

Earlier it would smile,

Blink eyes

Like a 1940'2 diva

And throw kisses

All the while

Like a super star.

Would woo me,

Pursue me,

Inspire me to look good.

But now

It only  holds

A surface full of cracks,

Faded mercury coating,

And the spots of corrosion.

The world is running fast,

As if in short of time

Today's gone,

Perhaps tomorrow too

won't last.

And the pictures

Of the past

Flood the frozen eyes

when the mirror -

A perfect iconoclast

Break the images of the present

And only

A distorted reflection of self

broodingly lasts

broodingly last...