A Crack In The Mirror

Mirror, mirror on the wall,
Where are you hiding me?
That face is not the one I recall.
It’s not the me I seem to be.

Forget that school reunion picture.
I’m not the fella standing there.
Who could all those others be?
Where is Joe and Fred, with their hair?

Could that be Bill and Paul?
So many I never saw.
Could it be we were classmates once?
I feel like such a dunce.

Mirror, mirror on the wall.
Why can’t you hide the years?
A crack now in your face appears.
My memory is cracking too I fear.

June 15,2006

poem by Ben Gieske
Submitted by Poetry Lover
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