cautious eyes the mirror
my face leaning nearer
catch a shadow peering
disappears only to return leering
dim the light
as i leave
shivers, reflects
on what i have seen
can it be real
this thing that i feel
is the reflection i
think i see
hallucination or reality?
mirror reflected
netherworld
like a silver limpid pool
haunts laughing
calls me a fool
beckons and frightens
misunderstood
throat, vise tightens
grim reaper's hood
homecoming
reckoning
hell to pay
beckoning
mirror cracked
silhouette
i remain there
yet
saddened eyes
peering out
haunting you
from the inside out
harvest you
when the lights are dim
based upon
the reaper's whim
Sherry Gilles © May 24, 1998