mirrors

she
she is me
i
i am her
she is me
i am her
she in me sees her
i in her see me
she sees what she would like to forget
she sees what she did wrong
she sees her guilt
her secret
in me
she sees her wrongs

so she
runs
and hides
only placing calls

i know this
because it is how i am too
when confronted with a painful truth

we are one

i am her
she is me
me is her
her is i

... last night i dreamt a hand in mine
so real was the dream i knew the flesh

she
she is me
i
i am her

spitting image
mirror

she
hurts to see herself in me

i
hurt to know what she is seeing

herself in me
and a mistake she can never unmake

so she does as i
runs and hides
behind the safety of half involvement
never quite cutting ties
but never having time to build

... i
see me
in her

... i
see what it is she sees

her one and only replica

that can no longer be kept

away