The Stranger's Reflection

Every once in a while

 

There's a face, a stranger's face, staring back

 

At me from the mirror; a face I don't recognize,

 

A cruel, sneering face; a face devoid of empathy,

 

A face that haunts me after all these years,

 

It's a strangers reflection;

 

He certainly looks like me

 

And yet he cannot possibly be,

 

Because he has said things and acted in ways

 

That I would have never said or done

 

And yet it must be me

Reviews

[Lyn Anderson]

Wow. Looking in the mirror after we have done something we are not proud of, and what it does to us.

[char]

In my case, my reflection is better looking than I am, lol. :D What did you do that's so horrible that you no longer recognize yourself?

[Michael Stevens]

I'm sure that's not true; oh, it's not one thing, it's cumulative!

[char]

So it's ongoing to this day?

[Michael Stevens]

Yeah, ever since my wreck, but I don't want you to think I walk around feeling guilty all the time, just every once in a while it strikes me

[char]

Of course. If you did, I'm sure anyone could tell by reading your writing.

[Michael Stevens]

Yeah, "Don't be a gloomy Gus!"

[Marie]

We all have two faces, and so does the mirror, or so I'm told.

[Michael Stevens]

I do, for sure; ugly and uglier; lol!