What the Mirror Said

What the Mirror Said 

I am the image and you are the body. 

In the mirror we appear complete; 

We are whole: two as one. 

For a few moments I am riveted 

To your body and you are stuck with me. 

But when you go away, 

I am left without a trace, without a face, 

Without a form.  I am deposed.

I do not know how to create life

From within my own.

I am only a passing dream of yourself.

I have only your absence –

and the furniture  in the room –

to reflect on. Without you

I am in the company of nothing.