Who is That Man in The Mirror?

I loved you how I loved you

But like a long gone ripple in a pond

You faded away like the morning dew

Whatever happened to that bond we knew?

Forever vanquished, tried, lied, and true

Like a denizen of the sea beached from a sea of blue

I think all the flowers have crept away from my view

Is this the hemlock I am cursed forever upon which to chew?

My inability to look into the future

With a broken heart needing a suture

Who is that man looking back at me from the mirror?

All the mistakes I made becoming ever clearer,

The long gone ripple in a pond

A long dead echo that has since moved on

For so long the curtains of life have been drawn

Sacred echoes of the heart when all has gone wrong,

Is it appropriate that life has become a wintery breeze?

Cold and unflinching even when I’m on my knees

Those longings for the flesh that will tease

Where are those intimate moments of wine and cheese?

I remember being the captain of my ship

Until I realized the waves of heartbreak had me in their grip

And the control I thought I had away it slipped

My little mermaid overboard she flipped,

Beneath the waves she disappeared

Slipping away the worst of my fears

To the watery grave of barnacles and piers

As the waves washed away my tears,

The long gone ripple in a pond

Forgotten echoes that will travel on

Is there any place left where I belong?

I wearily await the gates of dawn.