Member Poem

I see me reflected in you…

When you laugh, and snark and play the clown

When you say things that bring the house down

When sarcastic retort, is your first resort

Every smile a brilliant light

I see me reflected in you…

When carefully you build this defensive facade

When diligently you maintain the farce

You never let the inner turmoil out

You know it wants to scream and shout

It whispers through the eyes instead

When shadows of… something…rear a head

That is when the performace alters

The careful smile in its place, falters

It happens unbidden, a brief hazard

You never normally let down your guard

But someone sometimes comes along

You feel they know, the words to your song

And the person behind the fortress of masks

Hopes, but doesn’t dare to ask

“Are you the mirror to my soul?”

“Are you the half that will make me whole?”