Mirror

to believe in something,
and to believe in nothing.
to understand yourself,
but to understand no one.
to hope for the future,
still to fall into yesterday.
to remember how to love again,
yet to forget how to live.

to hold out for what is true,
but to fall to what is not.
to give something away,
yet to posses nothing from the start.
to be able to be understood,
yet only to confuse.
to dream of a better place,
only to be conscious of what is not.

to be taught patience,
only to be tired of learning.
to stand in the sunset,
yet only to be blind.
to play beautiful music,
only for those who are deaf.
to kiss the cheek of your beloved,
yet to see her die in your arms.

05.28.1997